RANGANATH MISRA, V. KHALID, P. N. BHAGWATI, M. M. DUTT, G. L. OZA
Bihar Legal Support Society, Through Its President, C-761, Laxmi Bai Naoar, New Delhi – Appellant
Versus
Chief Justice Of India – Respondent
Judgment
P. N. BHAGWATI, C.J.I. :- This writ petition has been filed by the Bihar Legal Support Society which is a registered Society having as its main aim and objective provision of legal support to the poor and disadvantaged sections of the community with a view to assisting them to fight for their constitutional and legal rights through the process of law. The occasion for filing the writ petition is set out in para 2 where it has been stated that a Bench of this Court sat late at night on 5-9-1986 for considering the bail application of Shri Lalit Mohan Thapar and Shri Shyam Sunder Lal and that the same anxiety which was shown by this Court in taking up the bail application of these two gentlemen must "permeate the attitude and inclination of this Honble Court in all matters where questions relating to the liberty of citizens, high or low, arise" and that the bail applications of "small men" must receive the same importance as the bail applications of "big industrialists". The petitioner, therefore, prays that special leave petitions against orders refusing bail or anticipatory bail should be taken up by this Court immediately in the same manner in which the special leave petit
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