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SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SAURABH BANERJEE
Kush Kalra – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Satish Chandra Sharma, C.J.
1. The present writ petition has been filed as a Public Interest Litigation under Article 226 of the Constitution by the Petitioner, who is a practicing advocate in the Delhi High Court claiming to be a public spirited person as per the Writ Petition, inter alia, claiming the following reliefs:
"a) Issue a writ in the nature of MANDAMUS, or any other appropriate WRIT, order or direction to direct the respondents to provide Safety measures (lack of Anti Collusion Devices, lack of Alcohol Checking devices and lack of emergency telephones on platforms of Indian railways) and Security measures (lack of CCTV cameras at stations. Lack of Luggage scanning devices and lack of Metal Detector Doors and Hand Held Metal Detectors) at every Railway station in India.
b) Issue a writ in the nature of MANDAMUS, or any other appropriate WRIT, order or direction to direct the respondents to act on the railway police audit of Delhi railway stations being unsafe and submit a safety compliance report of the same to this Hon'ble Court in a span of two months or earlier.
c) Issue a writ in the nature of MANDAMUS, or any other appropriate WRIT, order or direction to direc
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