Sunday, 22 June 2014

INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTS USED IN INDIA

Francis Coralie Mullin v. the Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi & [1981] INSC 12 (13 January 1981) unanimous decision of P.N. BHAGWATI, SYED MURTAZA FAZALALI,delivered by BHAGWATI.CITATION: 1981 AIR 746 1981 SCR (2) 516 1981 SCC (1) 608 1981 SCALE (1)79


 'It would thus be seen that there is implicit in Article 21 the right to protection against torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment which is enunciated in Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and guaranteed by Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.'

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