Supreme Court of India
Sanjay Gupta & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We are of the view that award of Rs.10 lakhs in the case of persons aged above 20 years and Rs.7.5 lakhs in regard to those who were 20 years or below as on the date of the incident, would be appropriate.
Judgment, page 24
From the headnote
Commission of Enquiry Act, 1952 - ss. B8 and BC - Non compliance - Effect of - Held: Since the Commission constituted under the Act, did not comply with the provisions of ss. B8 and BC which seriously prejudiced the accused, the report submitted by the Commission cannot be sustained - Appointment of new Commissioner. 0 Constitution of India, 1950 - Art. 32 - Writ petition - Seeking damages and other reliefs - Against the State as well as private parties-accused - Holding them responsible for the 64 deaths and above 100 injuries in a fire accident which broke-out in a consumer exhibition -
Authorities it was built on
- 1993 Smt. Nilabati Behera Alias Laut Behera (through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee) v. State of Orissa and Ors.
- 1991 Union Carbide Corporation Etc. Etc. v. Union of India Etc. Etc
- 1983 Rudul Sah v. State of Bihar and Another
- 2000 The Chairman, Railway Board and Ors. v. Mrs. Chandrima Das and Ors.
- 2008 Union of India v. Prabhakaran Vijaya Kumar & Ors.
- 2006 Sube Singh v. State of Haryana and Ors.
- 2012 Dr. Mehmood Nayyar Azam v. State of Chattisgarh and Ors.
- 2011 Raghuvansh Dewanchand Bhasin v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Sanjay Gupta & Ors v. State of Uttar Pradesh through its Chief Secretary & Ors
- 2017 State of Gujarat and Another v. The L.R.C.G. and Others
Of those, 2 referred to
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