HUMANIZING ARTICLE 21: THE INDIAN JUDICIARY’S JOURNEY FROM MANEKA TO NAVTEJ SINGH IN DIALOGUE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
AUTHOR – ELAINA YALDO & V.R.GOUREE KRISHNA
STUDENTS AT SCHOOL OF LEGAL STUDIES, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CUSAT)
BEST CITATION – ELAINA YALDO & V.R.GOUREE KRISHNA, TANISHKA SHAH, JAYANT SHARMA, ANANYA, MANVI SHARDA, RIDHIMA PHULORIA, HUMANIZING ARTICLE 21: THE INDIAN JUDICIARY’S JOURNEY FROM MANEKA TO NAVTEJ SINGH IN DIALOGUE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (1) OF 2026, PG. 107-115, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344. DOI – https://doi.org/10.65393/CLWU3605
Article 21 says- “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law.”[1]
According to Justice P. Bhagwati’s ruling in Francis Coralie Mullin v. The Administrator[2] 1981 SCR (2) 5162, Article 21 “embodies a constitutional value of supreme importance in a democratic society.” Additionally, Article 21 was described by Justice Iyer as “the procedural Magna Carta protective of life and liberty.” The core of the Constitution is Article 21.
[1] Constitution of India 1950, art 21.
[2]Francis Coralie Mullin v Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi (1981) 2 SCR 516 (SC).