Landmark case · Human Rights Law · Semester 6
Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar
(1980) 1 SCC 81 · Supreme Court of India
A letter petition on undertrial prisoners was entertained as PIL to enforce Article 21.
From topic
PIL, locus standi and continuing mandamus — Unit IV, Human Rights Law.
Related sections:
- Constitution of India, 32 — Remedies for enforcement of fundamental rights
- Constitution of India, 226 — High Court writs
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 133 — Public nuisances (compare public-interest civil process)