Supreme Court of India

Brijesh Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh, through its Secretary

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Reported as [2021] 2 S.C.R. 995
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 22 March 2021

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Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 – Counsel for the Petitioner in this matter was appointed as amicus c uriae for the Petitioner – He brought attention to the Court that in this, as well as other matters he was appointed as amicus curiae, he was only provided with the copies of the impugned judgment an d the trial Court judgment preceding it, severely hampering eff ective representation – Held: This, from the frequent grievances raised by advocates appearing, seems to be reflective of a gen eral practice, particularly in criminal matters – This practice on ly serves to handicap those

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