Landmark case · Human Rights Law · Semester 6
D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal
(1997) 1 SCC 416 · Supreme Court of India
Arrest memos, medical examination, right to inform a relative and entry in a diary are mandatory.
From topic
Article 22: arrest, detention and preventive detention — Unit III, Human Rights Law.
Related sections:
- Constitution of India, 22(1)–(2) — Grounds of arrest, lawyer and production before a magistrate
- Constitution of India, 22(3)–(7) — Preventive detention, Advisory Board and parliamentary safeguards
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 35–37 — Arrest: notice, procedure and rights of the arrested person