Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 247 · Decided 13 May 1999
A.K. Singh and ORS. v. Uttarakhand Jan Morcha and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 247 · [1999] 3 S.C.R. 624
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3027/1999
- Decided
- 13 May 1999
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA, U.C. BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 341, 342; CrPC Section 197, 228; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950-Article 226-Compensation-Quantum of-High Court issued directions to the State Government to pay compensation to the victims of Uttarakhand violence and to make fund allotments amounting C to crores of rupees for development of the affected regions-Directions issued at a having regard to the financial capacity. of the State Government, its resources and legislative mandates involving state funding­ Such directions resulted in massive financial burden on the state-Held, D such directions for payment of compensation is unsustainable. 'E F Power of High Court-To
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