component of humanism which is the heart of
the legal system. We come across cases where parties have
already suffered ... unmention-
able vices that humanizing interludes of parole are part of
the compassionate constitutionalism of our system.
The basics being thus illuminated, we have
other countries. Without
legal aid, petitions of appeal, applications for
commutation or parole, bail motions and claims
(1) Processual Justice to the people ... legal aid.
The State shall secure that the operation of the
legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal
opportunity, and shall, in particular
Raghbir Singh Gill vs Gurcharan Singh Tohra & Ors on 9 May, 1980
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part was involved, as to deserve long deterrent
incarceration. Our prison system, until humane and
purposeful reforms pervades, surely injures, never improves.
Prison justice ... curative goals are still alien-from dress and bed,
refusal of frequent parole and insistence of mechanical
chores, bonded labour, nocturnal tensions, and no scheme
S.P. Gupta vs Union Of India & Anr on 30 December, 1981
Bench: P
A. K. Roy, Etc vs Union Of India And Anr on 28 December, 1981
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S.P. Gupta vs President Of India And Ors. on 30 December, 1981
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Sunil Batra Etc vs Delhi Administration And Ors. Etc on 30 August, 1978
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A.K. Roy Ors. vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 28 December, 1981
