Supreme Court of India
Nandini Sundar and Ors. v. State of Chattisgarh
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5 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We hold that appointment of SPOs to perform any of the duties of regular police officers, other than those specified in Section 23(1)(h) and Section 23(1)(i) of Chattisgarh Police Act, 2007, to be unconstitutional.
Judgment, page 58
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Constitutional norms and values - Held: Constitution promises to eac.i. and every citizen, complete justice-social, economic and political - Such a promise, even in its weakest form and content, cannot condone policies that tum a blind 0 eye to deliberate infliction of misery on large segments of our population - On facts, violation of human rights of people of Dantewada District and its neighbouring areas in the State of Chattisgarh - Approach of lawless violence(counter insurgency operations) in response to violence by the Maoist/ Naxalite insurgency in the
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus
- 2018 Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India and Others
- 2020 Prathvi Raj Chauhan v. Union of India & Others
- 2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2018 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice
Of those, 2 referred to · 3 mentioned
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