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Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee Representing Undertrial Prisoners v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 386

Bench A.M. Ahmadi J.

Decided 7 October 1994

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985, S.37. Constitution of India Articles 14, 19 and 21-BaiH!ndertrials lan- guishing in jails without trial on account of delay in constitution of special courts-Whether denial of speedy trial as well as of bail violative of fun damental rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 and whether prosecutions ought to be quashed-Held, while prosecutions cannot be quashed since the offen ces are grave, deprivation of further liberty of undertrials who have been in jail beyond half of the period of maximum sentence violative of Article 21 : detailed

Authorities it was built on

1990 Raj Kumar Karwal v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

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2021 Union of India v. K. A. Najeeb relied on
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2025 Narcotic Control Bureau v. Lakhwinder Singh referred to
2024 Sheikh Javed Iqbal @ Ashfaq Ansari @ Javed Ansari v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2024 Frank Vitus v. Narcotics Control Bureau & Ors. referred to
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2022 Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. referred to
2017 Hussain and Anr. v. Union of Lndia referred to
2026 Union of India v. Chidiebere Kingsley Nawchara mentioned
2009 Izharul Haq Abdul Hamid Shaikh & Anr. v. State of Gujarat mentioned
2007 Greater Bombay Co-op. Bank Ltd. v. M/s United Yarn Tex. Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. mentioned
2001 Narinderjit Singh Sahni and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned
1999 State through Supdtt. Central Jail, New Delhi v. Charulata Joshi and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 6 referred to · 5 mentioned

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