Supreme Court of India

Karma Dorjee & Ors v. Union of India and Ors

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 968
Bench T. S. Thakur, Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 14 December 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in order to enhance a sense of security and inclusion, the Union Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs should take proactive steps to monitor the redressal of issues pertaining to racial discrimination faced by citizens of the nation drawn from the north-east.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Public Interest Litigation - Human rights - Racial discrimination - Writ petition seeking mandamus to the Union Government and the States to formulate a mechanism to deal with racial atrocities against people from the North-Eastern States - Held: Monitoring of instances of racial discrimination involving - citizens from the north-eastern States involves a111ong other things issues pertaining to law enforcement - However, involvement of law enforcement machinery alone not sufficient to resolve the problem- Mind-sets have to be changed - Sensitivity and inclusion have to be fostered -- The

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