Supreme Court of India

Kishen Pattnayak & Anr. v. State of Orissa

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Reported as [1989] 1 S.C.R. 57
Bench M.M. Dutt J.
Decided 9 January 1989

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Constitution of India: Article 32. c Public Interest Litigation-Letter by social workers alleging­ Starvation deaths-Exploitation of landless labourers-Children- Selling of-Treated as writ petition-Directions by Court. Law and Poverty: Social justice-Orissa Relief Code-Paras 39, +.... 40--Social Welfare Measures-District Level Natural Calamities Committees-Induction of social workers in committees. Two social workers addressed a letter to this Court bringing to its notice the miserable conditions of the people of the district of Kalahandi in the State of Orissa on account of extreme poverty.

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