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The Hussainara Khatoon Case 1979

Constitutional Provisions dealt with:

Famous for:

Summary of Facts:

Release of under-trial prisoners in Bihar, some of whom had been imprisoned as under-trials for terms longer than the maximum punishable imprisonment period under the law, waiting for the trial procedure.

Summary of Judgement:

Cases cited in the judgement:

Important Quotes from the Judgement:

The poor in their contact with the legal system have always been on the wrong side of the law. They have always come across “law for the poor” rather than “law of the poor”.

 

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