https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80201 Prolonged criminal prosecutions with repeated adjournments and little progress were treated as an infringement of the constitutional right to a speedy trial under Article 21. The Court's reasoning emphasised that delay can become oppressive and defeat fair process where there is no realistic prospect of early conclusion, especially when the matters are numerous, witnesses are many, and the cases have remained stalled across transfers between courts. On that basis, the inordinate delay was found to justify quashing of the proceedings. en-us Thu, 23 Nov 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80201 Prolonged criminal prosecutions with repeated adjournments and little progress were treated as an infringement of the constitutional right to a speedy trial under Article 21. The Court's reasoning emphasised that delay can become oppressive and defeat fair process where there is no realistic prospect of early conclusion, especially when the matters are numerous, witnesses are many, and the cases have remained stalled across transfers between courts. On that basis, the inordinate delay was found to justify quashing of the proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 23 Nov 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80201