Supreme Court of India

Shaheen Welfare Association v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [1996] 2 S.C.R. 1123

Bench A.M. Ahmadi and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.

Decided 27 February 1996

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that undertrials falling within group (a) cannot receive liberal treatment.

Judgment, page 10

Where later benches applied it

2023 Mohd Muslim @ Hussain v. State (nct of Delhi relied on
2021 Union of India v. K. A. Najeeb relied on
2024 Sheikh Javed Iqbal @ Ashfaq Ansari @ Javed Ansari v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2024 Shoma Kanti Sen v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. referred to
2009 Utiamrao Shivdas Jankar v. Ranjitsinh Vijaysinh Mohite-patil mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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