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Supreme Court of India · 1978
The Supreme Court held that the 'procedure established by law' under Article 21 must be fair, just and reasonable, not merely any procedure laid down by a law. It also held that Articles 14, 19 and 21 must be read together, and that natural justice (audi alteram partem) is implied in the Passports Act, 1967. This judgment rejected the narrow A. K. Gopalan approach and opened the way for the wide expansion of Article 21.
Supreme Court of India · 1950
In A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (1950), the Supreme Court upheld the Preventive Detention Act, 1950, except Section 14, and held Gopalan's detention legal. The majority treated each fundamental right as a separate compartment and read 'procedure established by law' as any law made by the legislature, not 'due process'. Justice Fazl Ali's dissent was later adopted in R.C. Cooper (1970) and Maneka Gandhi (1978), so the case is the starting point for understanding how Article 21 developed.
Supreme Court of India · 1950
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