SC Judgment: Maneka Gandhi Vs Union Of India (1978)

Folks,

This will be useful to those of you hounded by a Red Corner Alert or threats of Passport impoundment.

It was held that procedure established under Art.21 has to be reasonable and not violative of Art.14.

In effect, the SC interpreted this as a case for due process. The article from the Hindu is given below:

http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/26/stories/2004092600471600.htm

This site has more info:

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/IHRIP/circle/justiciability.htm

Here is the judgment of the SC:

http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1766147/

Here is a pdf of the same for printing:

Maneka Gandhi vs Union Of India on 25 January, 1978

A warning! It is a 144 page judgment.

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12 Responses to “SC Judgment: Maneka Gandhi Vs Union Of India (1978)”


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  3. 3 Mohan March 8, 2009 at 2:42 pm

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  4. 4 saniha October 27, 2009 at 7:46 am

    she must be prisoned like anything………. and his son in the name of party eating a lots of corruption.

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  5. 5 avni mittal January 18, 2010 at 3:21 pm

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