NATHULAL JAIN Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This writ petition is. a public interest litigation initiated by Nathulal Jain, Advocate, practising in the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur. He has claimed the following reliefs amongst others :

(2.) A communal riot took place on 24/10/1990 during the Bandh sponsored by a national party in which wide spread violence broke out in different parts of Jaipur city. According to the petitioner 19 persons lost their lives and 150 were injured seriously. In addition, to the aforesaid persons more than 200 shops had been looted or burnt totally and about 300 residential houses had been burnt partially.

(3.) The petitioner claimed that according to the newspaper reports the arson, looting, injuries and deaths were attributable to total failure of the administration. The deployment of force was inadequate and that the admin-istration failed to make any arrangement to prevent break out of communal riots which was well anticipated.