Article 21 Rights And Supreme Court Judgement

 



Article 21 has been interpreted to include spectrum of entitlements which include following:

(1) The right to go abroad — AIR 1967 SC 1836.

(2) The right against solitary confinement — AIR 1978 SC 1675.

(3) The right of prisoners against bar fetters — AIR 1978 SC 1514.

(4) The right to legal aid — AIR 1978 SC 1548.

(5) The right to speedy trial — AIR 1979 SC 1369.

(6) The right against handcuffing — AIR 1980 SC 1535.

(7) The right against custodial violence — AIR 1983 SC 378.

(8) The right against public hanging — AIR 1986 SC 467.

(9) Right to doctor— s assistance at Government hospitals — AIR 1989 SC 2039.

(10) Right to shelter — AIR 1990 SC 630.

(11) Right to a healthy environment — 1995 AIR SCW 306.

(12) Right to compensation for unlawful arrest — AIR 1983 SC 1086.

(13) Right to freedom from torture — AIR 1978 SC 1675.

(14) Right to reputation — AIR 2014 SC 1106.

(15) Right to earn a livelihood — AIR 1986 SC 180. (Paras 106, 107, 149, 150)

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