Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 582 · Decided 6 August 2024
Peoples Rights and Social Research Centre (Prasar) & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 582 · [2024] 8 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 110/2006
- Decided
- 6 August 2024
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution Article 32, 21, 39(e), 42, 48A, 43; Registration Act
Headnote
Matter pertains to the issue of Silicosis among workers in various industries across the country. Constitution of India - Art. 32, 21, 39(e), 42, 48A and 43 - "Silicosis" among workers - Need for Writ petition u/Art. 32 seeking intervention to address the issue of "Silicosis" among workers in various industries such as mining, construction, stone cutting, and sandblasting, where workers exposed to high levels of silica dust causing incurable occupational lung disease -
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