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SUKANYA SHANTHA vs UNION OF INDIA

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CourtSupreme Court of India
Record typeJudgment
Neutral citation2024 INSC 753
Diary numberDiary No. 51059/2023
Date of decision
Bench
  • HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA
  • HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
  • HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA
DisposalThe impugned provisions are declared unconstitutional; directions issued for reform and compliance within three months.
Reportingreportable
Acts
  • Prison Act, 1984
  • Model Prison Manual 2016
  • Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
  • Criminal Tribes Act, 1871
  • Criminal Tribes (Repeal) Act, 1952
  • Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  • Indian Penal Code
  • Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
  • Hindu Succession Act
  • Indian Evidence Act
Sections
  • Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, 23 of the Constitution of India
  • Section 19, Criminal Tribes Act, 1871
  • Section 3, Criminal Tribes (Repeal) Act, 1952
  • Section 15A, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  • Section 122, Criminal Procedure Code
  • Section 565, Criminal Procedure Code
  • Section 6, Andhra Pradesh Habitual Offenders Act, 1962
  • Section 2(12), Model Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2023

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