Supreme Court of India · 1961-11-02
RANBIR, SINGH SEHGAL vs STATE OF PUNJAB
- Citation / case number
- SC 1961/145
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- RANBIR, SINGH SEHGAL
- Respondent
- STATE OF PUNJAB
- Author
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(),SUBBARAO, K.,SHAHC.,DAYAL, RAGHUBAR,MUDHOLKARR.
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),SUBBARAO, K.,SHAH, J.C.,DAYAL, RAGHUBAR,MUDHOLKAR, J.R.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that Paragraph 575 of the Punjab Jail Manual does not violate Article 14 of the Constitution, as it is part of a scheme for maintaining prison discipline. However, the Court found that the appellant's continued confinement in a separate cell without communication with other prisoners was illegal and amounted to solitary confinement, which can only be imposed as punishment. The Court ruled that the appellant was discriminated against and illegally confined, thus ordering his release from solitary confinement.