Landmark case · Human Rights Law · Semester 6
Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
(1978) 1 SCC 248 · Supreme Court of India
Even statutory powers over movement and passport must meet fairness.
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