Supreme Court of India

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

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 295
Bench Madan B. Lokur J.
Decided 13 May 2016

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Public Interest Litigation - Food security to persons affected by the drought - Drought or drought like conditions prevailing in some parts of the country - Monitoring and Implementation of the National Food Security Act - Need to ensure food security to the said persons - Non-implementation of the Act by some of the States - Held: No Mandamus can be issued to the State Governments to implement the NFS Act beyond what is required by the terms and provisions of the statute - This Court can direct the State to faithfully implement the provisions of the NFS Act - No direction can be issued to

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