Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1123 · Decided 14 December 2016
Karma Dorjee & Ors v. Union of India and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1123 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 968
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 103/2014
- Decided
- 14 December 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, L. NAGESWARA RAO (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 153A, 153B, 505(2); Constitution Article 15, 32, 51A(e)
Headnote
Public Interest Litigation - Human rights - Racial discrimination - Writ petition seeking mandamus to the Union Government and the States to formulate a mechanism to deal with racial atrocities against people from the North-Eastern States - Held: of racial discrimination involving - citizens from the north-eastern States involves a111ong other things issues pertaining to law enforcement - However, involvement of law enforcement machinery alone not sufficient to resolve the problem- Mind-sets have to be changed - Sensitivity and
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