Supreme Court of India

Swaraj Abhiyan - (i) v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 257
Bench Madan B. Lokur J.
Decided 11 May 2016

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Judgment, page 36

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Public interest litigation - Non-disclosure of full facts about the drought like situation or drought by the States of Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana - Said issue matter of grave humanitarian distress - · Writ petition filed seeking declaration of drought in some districts or parts thereof in nine States - Also sought direction to declare drought in most parts of the State of Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana and to provide essential relief and compensation to people affected by drought - Held: Each of the three States-Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana have their own unique method of determining whether there

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