Supreme Court of India

Common Cause"registered Society through its Director v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 196
Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and S.B. Majmudar JJ.
Decided 1 May 1996

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Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 32-Public Interest Litigation­ Criminal cases-Unduly long pendency of-Under-trial prisoners-Re/ease, discharge or acquittal of-Directions issued with regard to particular cases. Article 21-Undertrial prisoners-Persona/ liberty of--Pendency of criminal cases for long period-Observed that operates as an engine of oppression-To protect and effectuate the life and liberty of citizen~nsuring of-Directions issued to the States and Union Tenitories. The petitioner filed a public interest litigation under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, seeking

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