Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoorsamity ... vs State Of West Bengal & Anr on 6 May, 1996 Supreme Court of India Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoorsamity ... vs State Of West Bengal & Anr on 6 May, 1996 Equivalent citations: 1996 SCC (4) 37, JT 1996 (6) 43 Author: S Agrawal Bench: Agrawal, S.C. (J) PETITIONER: PASCHIM BANGA KHET MAZDOORSAMITY OF ORS. Vs. RESPONDENT: STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ANR. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/05/1996 BENCH: AGRAWAL, S.C. (J) BENCH: AGRAWAL, S.C. (J) NANAVATI G.T. (J) CITATION: 1996 SCC (4) 37 1996 SCALE (4)282 JT 1996 (6) 43 ACT: HEADNOTE: JUDGMENT: J U D G M E N T S.C. AGRAWAL. J. In Pt. Paramanand Katara vs. Union of India & Ors., 1989 (4) SCC 286. this Court in the context of medico-legal cases. has emphasized the need for rendering immediate medical aid to injured persons to preserve life and the obligations of the State as well as doctors in that regard. This petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution raises this issue in the context of availability of facilities in Government-hospitals for treatment of persons sustaining serious injuries. Hakim Seikh [petitioner No. 2] who is a member of Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity [petitioner No. 1], an organization of agricultural labourers, fell off a train at Mathurapur Station in West Bengal at about 7.45 P.M. on July 8, 1992. As a result of the said fall Hakim Seikh suffered serious head injuries and brain haemorrhage. He was taken to the Primary Health Centre at Mathurapur. Since necessary facilities for treatment were not available at the Primary Health Indian Kanoon - http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1743022/ 1

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