Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 150 · Decided 16 March 2001
S.S. Ahluwalia v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 150 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 468
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 232/1997
- Decided
- 16 March 2001
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 21
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 : i\rticles 21 and 32. C'ompensation-Riot victirrts-Sikhs in Delhi and other parls of count1y killed in the wake of the assassination of the then Prime Minister-Delhi High c Court granted compensation to the dependents of those killed in the 1?ots after the judgment to the entire count1y-Held: Jn the nature of the circumstances of the case, it is very d{[ficult to extend the decision of the High Court to all the States without detailed examination-High Cou11s D of respective States to deal with the matter-Hence, lVrit petition transferred to High
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