Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 395 · Decided 22 December 1989
Charan Lal Sahu ETC. ETC. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 395 · [1989] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 597
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 268/1989
- Decided
- 22 December 1989
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, K.N. SINGH, S. RANGANATHAN, A.M. AHMADI, K.N. SAIKIA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 1; Constitution Article 14, 19, 21
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 19 and 21-Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of claims) Act, 1985-Whether constitution- ally valid. · Preamble and Articles 38, 39 and 39A-Doctrine of 'parens patriae'-Applicabi/ity of Exercise of sovereign power-Limitations. Articles 21, 48A and for enacting law protecting the constitutional rights of citizens-Evolving standards highlighted by clauses Y and 13 of U.N. Code of Conduct on transnational corporations. Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of claims) Act, 1985: Sec­ tions 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11-Constitutional validity
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