डॉ. उपेंद्र बक्शी बनाम उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य (II)
| Citation | (1986) 4 SCC 106 |
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
| Date | 23 July 1986 |
| Year | 1986 |
| Bench | P.N. Bhagwati CJI, V. Khalid, G.L. Oza JJ. |
| Acts/Articles | Article 21, Immoral Traffic Prevention Act |
| Category | Constitutional Law, Women's Rights |
Key Principle Established
State directed to constitute Board of Visitors and formulate rehabilitation programme for inmates of protective homes. Living conditions must meet basic human dignity.
Follow-up on the earlier PIL — the State had shifted the Protective Home during pendency without court permission, and conditions remained unsatisfactory.
The Court found conditions still unsatisfactory and directed:
Together with Upendra Baxi (I), this case established continuous judicial monitoring of welfare institutions as a legitimate exercise of Article 32 jurisdiction.
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