Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 3 · Decided 9 January 1991
Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 3 · [1991] 1 S.C.R. 5
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 381/1988
- Decided
- 9 January 1991
- Bench
- K.N. SINGH, N.D. OJHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 32
Headnote
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974: Sections 17, 24, 25 and 26. A B Constitution of India, 1950: Article 21-Right to live includes right to enjoyment of pollution free water and air-A citizen has a right C to invoke Article 32 for removing pollution. Article 32-Writ petition in Bokaro by discharging slurry from their washeries into the river- No material to substantiate the allegations-Held petition is not in D public interest but for personal interest. Public Interest Litigation-Should be ·resorted to by a person genuinely interested in the protection of
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