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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Bhattacharya v Minister for Police & Ors [2000] NSWSC 335 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20241/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 05/10/1999; 08/10/1999;13/12/1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 April 2000
Pranay Kumar Bhattacharya (plaintiff) Minister for Police, NSW (1st defendant) PARTIES : Police Commissioner of NSW (2nd defendant) Department of Corrective Services, NSW (3rd defendant) Minister for Health, NSW (4th defendant) Director General, NSW Health Department (5th defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Hidden J at 1
LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master Harrison JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Plaintiff in Person P Saidi (defendants) SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitor (defendants) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - Statement of Claim - summary dismissal - allegations of unlawful detention - validity of claims on their face - whether defendants the appropriate parties Crown Proceedings Act 1988 Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983 LEGISLATION CITED : Mental Health Act 1990 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) CASES CITED : Bales v Parmeter (1935) SR(NSW) 182 DECISION : Appeal dismissed
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
HIDDEN J Thursday, 20 April 2000
Pranay Kumar Bhattacharya v Minister for Police & 4 Ors 20241/99 Reasons for judgment
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