डॉ. उपेंद्र बक्शी बनाम उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य (I)
| Citation | (1983) 2 SCC 308 |
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
| Date | 31 July 1981 |
| Year | 1983 |
| Bench | P.N. Bhagwati, O. Chinnappa Reddy JJ. |
| Acts/Articles | Article 21, Article 32 |
| Category | Constitutional Law, Women's Rights |
Key Principle Established
Inmates of protective homes have a right to live with dignity under Article 21. State must ensure proper management, medical facilities, and humane conditions.
Dr. Upendra Baxi and Prof. Lotika Sarkar wrote a letter to the Supreme Court highlighting the inhuman and degrading conditions in the Government Protective Home for Women at Agra. The letter was treated as a PIL.
The Court held that inmates of protective homes have a right to live with dignity under Article 21. Detailed directions were issued for proper management, medical facilities, sanitation, nutrition, and rehabilitation of inmates.
This was a pioneering PIL that brought judicial oversight to institutional care for vulnerable women. The court-monitored improvements became a model for reforming State-run welfare institutions.
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