Supreme Court of India · 1953-04-16
DR. RAM KRISHAN BHARDWAJ vs THE STATE OF DELHI AND OTHERS.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1953/1484
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- DR. RAM KRISHAN BHARDWAJ
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF DELHI AND OTHERS.
- Bench
- SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ),MUKHERJEA, B.K.,DAS, SUDHI RANJAN,HASAN, GHULAM,BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that under Article 21(5) and Article 22(5) of the Constitution, a person detained under the Preventive Detention Act, 1952 is entitled to receive full particulars of the grounds for detention. The Court found that one of the grounds communicated was vague, which rendered the detention illegal despite other grounds being clear. The judgment emphasized that preventive detention is a serious infringement of personal liberty and must be strictly regulated by constitutional safeguards.