Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 318 · Decided 30 June 2021
Reepak Kansal v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 318 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 920
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 554/2021
- Decided
- 30 June 2021
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
Headnote
Covid-19 Pandemic: Disaster Management Act, 2005 - ss.12, 2(d), 2(e), 2(i), 2(m), 6, 10, 19, 46 and 48 - Prayer for directions to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)/Central Government/State Governments to provide ex gratia monetary compensation to the families of who succumbed to the pandemic of Covid-19, in view of s.12 of the Act - Whether the word "shall" used in s.12 of the Act is to be interpreted and considered as "shall" or "may" and whether it is "mandatory" or
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