Kisan Evam Majdoor Nayay Smiti through Its Secreatry Sri Ram Sagar Patel v. State of U.P. through Its Principal Secreatry and 2 Others
Public Interest Litigation – Maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL maintainability; ex-gratia compensation for land acquisition; locus standi of petitioner society versus affected persons; individual rights to be pleaded by affected persons on their own facts; writ petition dismissed. Bench: Govind Mathur, C.J. and Samit Gopal, J. Decided 19.2.2020. Petitioner: Kisan Evam Majdoor Nayay Smiti through its Secretary Sri Ram Sagar Patel (Counsel: A.K. Maurya). Respondents: State of U.P. through its Principal Secretary and 2 others (Counsel: C.S.C., Ashok Kumar Pandey).
What did the court decide?
A claim for ex-gratia compensation for persons whose land was acquired cannot be settled in public interest litigation jurisdiction when the petition is filed by a society and not by the affected persons; the cause being related to individual rights must be agitated and pleaded by the affected persons on the basis of their own facts and rights.