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ANOOP KUMAR DHAND
In Re: Right to Health and Well Being of Everyone – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Right to health is an essential component of human dignity, and it is the responsibility of the government to ensure that this right is protected and promoted for all individuals who are citizens of the nation.
2. Right to health is inherent to right to life and it has been recognised even in “YAJUR VEDA” the first ‘mantra’ of Yajur Veda reads as under:
The mantra tells at the outset, about the various types of actions that man must undertake to bring happiness to the world. It says that the vital airs, the winds, the etherial elements (vaayavah) may be harnessed for food (ishe), the food which may give energy and vitality (oorjey). May the God Savitaa, the producer of precious gifts and the great inspirer of men and other beings, help the people to engage themselves in the best deeds (shreshthatamaaya karmana). The sense organs, and also all living beings (Aghnyaah) are fit to be protected and properly maintained, for, our ow
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