Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 660 · Decided 18 May 2018
Swaraj Abhiyan (Vi) v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 660 · [2018] 5 S.C.R. 398
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 857/2015
- Decided
- 18 May 2018
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, N.V. RAMANA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005: ss. 3(1), 3(3), 3(4) and 14(6); Schedule I Paragraph 7, Schedule II Paragraph 29 - Writ petition filed u/Art. 32 of Constitution, highlighting deficiencies in implementation of the Act - It was alleged budget" fixed by Central Government violated essence of the Act; that there was unreasonable reduction in the funds made available to the States and there was, delay in payment of wages to the labourers - Held: Central Government is statutorily empowered (by National Employment
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