Supreme Court of India

Avtar Singh v. State of Haryana and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 1082

Bench G.B. Pattanaik J.

Decided 19 February 2002

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the same principle would also apply in the case of punitive detention.

Judgment, page 6

Authorities it was built on

1978 Charles Sobraj v. The Suptd., Central Jail, Tihar, New Delhi cited by 14

Where later benches applied it

2023 Anil Kumar v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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