Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Anganwadi Centres |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | A nutritional support to children who suffer from malnutrition – All the States/Union Territories shall issue necessary orders regarding monitoring and supervision of Anganwadi Centres to ensure that the benefit reaches to the beneficiaries and a Complaint Redressal Mechanism be put in place in each district – Constitution of India – Art.47 – National Food Security Act, 2013 – ss.4 to 7. Anganwadi Centres – Writ petition filed as a Public Interest Litigation questioning the closure of Anganwari centres across the country – Petitioner stated that through Anganwari Centres supplementary nutrition to pregnant women, lactating mothers, adolescent girls and children upto the age of six years were being provided and prayed for direction to Centre and States for reopening all the Anganwadi Centres in the country and to provide Anganwari services as were provided before the lockdown and in accordance with ss.4 to 7 of National Food Security Act, 2013 – Held: Government has a constitutional obligation to preserve human life – The Centre as well as States are statutorily obliged to implement statutory obligation as imposed under ss.4, 5 and 6 of the Act, 2013 – After spread of COVID-19, Anganwadi Centres were closed throughout the country in March, 2020 – The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India had issued guidance note dated 11.11.2020 providing for resumption of Anganwari Services outside the containment zones – Therefore, in view of the guidelines, all States/Union Territories are directed to take decision in respect of opening Anganwadi Centres situated outside the containment zones – The decision for not opening Anganwadi Centres in any State/Union Territories or any part of State/Union Territory shall be taken only after the State Disaster Management Authority of the State direct for not opening of Anganwadi Centres in State/particular area of the State situated outside containment zone – Anganwadi Centres situated in the containment zone shall not be opened till the containment continues – All States/Union Territories shall ensure that nutritional standards as provided in Schedule II of National Food Security Act, 2013, is fulfilled by providing nutritional support to pregnant women, lactating mothers, |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan |
Neutral Citation | 2021 INSC 23 |
Petitioner | Dipika Jagatram Sahani |
Respondent | Union Of India And Ors. |
SCR | [2021] 1 S.C.R. 209 |
Judgement Date | 2021-01-13 |
Case Number | 1039 |
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