Nilima Priyadarshini v. State of Bihar, 27 March 1987.
In this decision, the Supreme Court of India expressed its shock that an application from a women who complained of having been kept in illegal confinement against her wishes received in the Registry on 15 January 1987 was not placed before the Court until two and a half months later.  In addition to ruling that the complainant should be immediately taken before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, it directed that the matter be placed before the Chief Justice for taking suitable action against the officials responsible and for considering whether machinery should be devised to prevent such delays.
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