Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 24 · Decided 11 January 2018
Russel Joy v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 24 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 206
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 878/2017
- Decided
- 11 January 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Constitution of India - Art. 32 - 121 years old Mullaperiyar dam in the State of Kerala, Chief Engineer of the dam project envisaged the lifetime of the dam for a period of 50 years - Need for assessment of lifespan of Mullaperiyar dam, keeping of the citizens especially the persons residing downstream of the river - Writ petition seeking issuance of Writ of Mandamus directing the Government of India to appoint an international agency to study and to adjudge the lifespan of Mullaperiyar Dam and the dam to be de-commissioned within
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