Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1201 · Decided 13 December 2018
DR. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1201 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1286
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 193/2016
- Decided
- 13 December 2018
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 21, 39, 41
Headnote
Social Justice: Rights of elderly persons - Writ petition u/Art. 32 of Constitution - Seeking enforcement of rights of elderly persons u/ Art. 21 by providing them adequate pension, shelter, geriatric care and medical facilities and also sought effective implementation of of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 - Held: Right to life provided u/Art. 21 encompasses several rights - The right to live with dignity, right to shelter and right to health are basic and fundamental - The State is obliged to ensure that these fundamental rights are
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