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Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another

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Reported as [2019] 12 S.C.R. 30
Bench Ranjan Gogoi, Dinesh Maheshw Ari and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 5 September 2019

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, this reasoning is constitutionally unacceptable and untenable.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Custodial T orture: W rit petition filed under Art.32 of the Constitution – Seeking effective and purposive legislative framework/law based upon the ‘Convention against tor ture and Other Cr uel, inhuman or Degrading T reatment or Punishment’ adopted by the United Nations General Assembly – Prayer of applicant was that custodial tor ture being crime against humanity which dir ectly infracts and violates Art.21, this cour t should invoke and exer cise jurisdiction under Arts.141, 142 for pr otection and advancement of human dignity , a cor e and non-negotiable constitutional right – Held: It

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