A.K. Singh and others, Appellants v. Uttarakhand Jan Morcha and others, Respondents.

K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA AND U.C. BANERJEE, JJ.

Constitution of India, Articles 21, 226, 300 -Human rights violation - Compensation – Liability of State Government - Police atrocities on agitationists demanding separate Uttarakhand - Writ petition filed against State for direction to meet consequences - Court with out trial and without considering evidence directing the Government to pay huge sum to victims as compensation - Not proper - Direction set aside as unsustainable. (Source: AIR 1999 Supreme Court 2193)