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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
K.N.Singh : L.M.Sharma
Prithvis Chakravarti
Versus
Delhi Administration
Case No. : 1098 of 1988
Date of Decision : 11/16/88
Constitution of India,1950 – Article 32 - Mandamus - Claims relief - By means of this petition under Article 32 of Constitution petitioner who is Chief of Bureau of Aajkal a Bengali language daily newspaper claims relief for issue of a mandamus directing respondents to permit petitioner to interview two who have been sentenced to death and are at presently lodged – Held, after hearing learned counsel for petitioner court are of opinion that petitioner has no fundamental right to interview a condemned prisoner - This question is well settled by decisions of this court, reference may be made to Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra, 1987 (4) SCC 373 - Present petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution is not maintainable and is accordingly dismissed – Petition dismissed.
(1) BY means of this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution the petitioner who is the Chief of Bureau of Aajkal a Bengali language daily newspaper claims relief for issue of amandamus directing respondents to permit the petitioner to interview Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh who have been sentenced to death and are at presently lodged in Tihar Jail, New Delhi.
(2) AFTER hearing Shri A.K. Sen learned counsel for the petitioner we are of the opinion that the petitioner has no fundamental right to interview a condemned prisoner. This question is well settled by the decisions of this court, reference may be made to Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra, 1987 (4) SCC 373. The present petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution is not maintainable and is accordingly dismissed.
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