Supreme Court of India

Charan Lal Sahu Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1989] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 597

Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji, K.N. Singh, S. Ranga- B Nathan, A.M. Ahmadi and K.N. Saikia JJ.

Decided 22 December 1989

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From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 19 and 21-Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of claims) Act, 1985-Whether constitution- ally valid. · Preamble and Articles 38, 39 and 39A-Doctrine of 'parens patriae'-Applicabi/ity of Exercise of sovereign power-Limitations. Articles 21, 48A and 5J(g)-Human righ~tate's obligation to protect-Need for enacting law protecting the constitutional rights of citizens-Evolving standards highlighted by clauses Y and 13 of U.N. Code of Conduct on transnational corporations. Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of claims) Act, 1985: Sec tions 3, 4, 5, 9 and

Authorities it was built on

1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. cited by 139
1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
1961 The Collector of Customs, Madras v. Nathella Sampathu Chetty and Another cited by 30
1981 Gokaraju Rangaraju Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 12
1965 N. K. Mohammad Sulaiman v. N. C. Mohammad Ismail and Others cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

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2024 Krishnadatt Awasthy v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2021 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai v. Ankita Sinha & Ors. referred to
2021 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2021 Small Scale Industrial Manufactures Association (regd.) v. Union of India and Others referred to
2019 Moons Technologies Ltd. (formerly Known as Financial Technologies India Ltd.) & Ors. v. Union of India referred to
2018 Mangla Ram v. The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2014 Gaurav Kumar Bansal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 G. Sundarrajan v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2013 M/s. A.S. Motors Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 followed · 11 referred to

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