Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 212 · Decided 27 March 2014
Safai Karamchari Andolan & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 212 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 197
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 583/2003
- Decided
- 27 March 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, N.V. RAMANA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 14, 17, 21, 47, 23
Headnote
197 SAFAI KARAMCHARI ANDOLAN & ORS. v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 583 of 2003) MARCH 27, 2014 [P. SATHASIVAM, CJI, RANJAN GOGOi AND N.V. RAMANA, JJ.) A B PROHIBIT/ON OF EMPLOYMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGERS AND THEIR REHABILITATION ACT, 2013: C Object of - Discussed. of petitioner that manual scavenging continues unabated and dry latrines continue to exist notwithstanding the fact that 1993 Act was in force for nearly tw~ decades - Writ petition inter alia, seeking for enforcement of fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles E 14, 17, 21 and 47;
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