Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 60 · Decided 21 January 2011
Kalyaneshwari v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 60 · [2011] 1 S.C.R. 894
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 260/2004
- Decided
- 21 January 2011
- Bench
- S.H. KAPADIA, K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, SWATANTER KUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: c Articles 32, 14 and 19 - Public interest litigation - Petition under Article 32 by a non-governmental organization - Seeking direction to Union of India and other States to immediately ban mining and manufacturing activities in D asbestos or its allied be granted - There is no law banning the use of asbestos in various ~ manufacturing processes despite its ~dverse effects on human health - Supreme Court cannot legislate and ban an activity .Under relevant laws - Every factory using or E · manufacturing asbestos, obtains a licence
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