Supreme Court of India
Delhi Jal Board v. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers & Others
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the appeal is dismissed subject to the aforesaid direction regarding the amount of .compensation to 8 be paid by the appellant.
Judgment, page 49
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 226 - Interference under - Judicial review - Petitions filed pro bono publico for protection of the rights of less fortunate and vulnerable sections of the society - Importance of - Safety and protection of workers who undertake jobs inherently dangerous to life - Duty and constitutional obligation of the Court - Respondent no.1, engaged in the welfare of sewage workers, filed writ petition by way of public interest litigation, raising issues relating to safety and protection of sewage workers - Whether the High Court was justified in entertaining the writ petition for compelling the respondents (in the writ petition) to take effective measures for safety of sewage workers and ordering payment of compensation to the families of the victims of accidents taking place during sewage operations…
Authorities it was built on
- 1997 Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
- 1993 Smt. Nilabati Behera Alias Laut Behera (through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee) v. State of Orissa and Ors.
- 1996 D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal
- 1997 Vineet Narain and Ors v. Union of India and Anr.
- 2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr.
- 2010 State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal & Others
- 1999 Common Cause, A Registered Society v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1996 Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samit! v. State of West Bengal
- 1982 Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay v. Dilipkumar Raghavendranath Nadkarni and Others
- 1980 Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Shri Vardhichand & Ors.
- 1983 Rudul Sah v. State of Bihar and Another
- 1982 People's Union for Democratic Rights and Others v. Union of India & Others
- 2000 The Chairman, Railway Board and Ors. v. Mrs. Chandrima Das and Ors.
- 1994 N. Nagendra Rao and Co. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2001 M.S. Grewal and Anr. v. Deep Chand Sood and Ors.
- 1962 The State of Rajasthan v. Mst. Vidhyawati and Another
- 1995 State of Maharashtra and Ors. v. Kanchanmala Vijasing Shirke and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2017 Environment and Consumer Protection Foundation v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
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