Supreme Court of India

Court on its Own Motion v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 13 S.C.R. 1093
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 13 December 2012

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Arts. 19(1)(d), 21, 25, 32 and 48A - Suo motu action by c Supreme Court - Taking note of press reports regarding poor arrangements and number of deaths occurred during the yatra to the holy cave of Amarnathji - Constitution of a Special High Powered Committee (SHPC) by the Court - The report of SHPC making recommendations on the issues of health, 0 environment, registration, access control and security, track conditions and other public amenities - Held: It is the obligation of the State to provide safety, health care, means to freely move and to profess the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to

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