Supreme Court of India

Sheela Barse v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 643
Decided 29 August 1988

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the petitioner should have access to information and should be permitted to visit jails, children's homes, remand homes, observation homes, borstal schools and all institutions connected with housing of delinquent or destitute children.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Constitution of IndJa, Art 32'._Public Interest Litigation-With­ drawal of Petition by petitioner-in-person not allowed-No litigant can be permitted to impose any condition for his participation in the proceedings-Petitioner may be allowed to withdraw himself from the proceedings-Information relating to the case gathered by the petitioner during pendency of the proceedings-Petitioner not entitled to use such mformation after withdrawal/deletion of his name from the case. c Contempt of Courts Act, 197 I-Sec. 2(c)-Delay in final disposal of public interest litigation-Criticism of-High lighting

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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