BELA M. TRIVEDI, PANKAJ MITHAL
Anun Dhawan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
BELA M. TRIVEDI, J.
1. The petitioners claiming to be the social activists have filed the present petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking various directions against the States and Union Territories to formulate a scheme to implement the concept of Community Kitchens to combat hunger, malnutrition and starvation and the deaths resulting thereof. The petitioners have also sought direction against the National Legal Services Authority to formulate a scheme in order to further the provisions of Article 50(1)A of the Constitution, as also against the Central Government to create a National Food Grid beyond the scope of the Public Distribution Scheme.
2. This Court vide the order dated 27.10.2021 had directed the Union of India to interact with the concerned stakeholders for consideration of the Community Kitchens Scheme or any other similar schemes relating to Community Kitchens which are already in operation in different states. Subsequently also various orders were passed by the Court directing the States to attend the meetings managed by the Union of India for exploring the possibility of framing up of the Community Kitchens Scheme.
3. The States/Union T
The implementation of community kitchens requires collaboration between the Union and State Governments to effectively address hunger deaths and malnutrition among children.
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The court's decision was based on the principle that the relevance of the reliefs sought in a petition can be affected by changed circumstances on the ground.
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