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
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.
- 1999 Common Cause, A Registered Society v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2010 State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal & Others
- 1982 Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay v. Dilipkumar Raghavendranath Nadkarni and Others
- 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.
- 1980 Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Shri Vardhichand & Ors.
- 1994 N. Nagendra Rao and Co. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1996 Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samit! v. State of West Bengal
- 2001 M.S. Grewal and Anr. v. Deep Chand Sood and Ors.
- 1995 State of Maharashtra and Ors. v. Kanchanmala Vijasing Shirke and Ors.
- 1962 The State of Rajasthan v. Mst. Vidhyawati and Another
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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