Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 210 · Decided 26 March 2014
MOHD. Haroon & ORS. v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 210 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 907
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 155/2013
- Decided
- 26 March 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
RIOTS: Muzaffarnagar riots - Communal tension wrecking lives of a large number of people - Writ petitions seeking for an inclusive protection for each victim whose fundamental rights have been infringed in the said riot - Held: When the incidents A B c of communal was expected by the 0 State intelligence agencies to apprise the State Government and the District Administration in particular, to prevent such communal violence - Prima facie, the State government is responsible for being negligent at the initial stage in not anticipating the communal violence
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