Reg. recent supreme court order on rotting grains

[Secretariat-Right To Food Campaign.New Delhi]

Greetings from Right to food Campaign Secretariat.

Please find the attached copy of the interim order by Supreme court of 12/08/2010 under writ petition (civil) 196 (PUCL vs Union of India), regarding rotting grains in the godowns.

We are also attaching the hindi translation of the order along with this e-mail.

Some of the links to related media reports:

- The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/14/stories/2010081465651500.htm
- Business Standard : http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sc-asks-centre-to-ensure-free-foodgrain-to-poor/404461/
- IBN Live: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/distribute-free-foodgrains-to-hungry-sc-to-govt/128691-37-64.html
- The Economic Times: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Give-foodgrain-to-poor-rather-than-let-it-rot-SC/articleshow/6303209.cms
- Hindustan Times: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ensure-distribution-of-food-grains-rather-than-let-it-rot-SC/Article1-585598.aspx


We thank all our friends who supported us at the National Convention for Right to Food and Work at Rourkella, Orissa. Our team is compiling the report of the convention and we shall circulate it to everyone once it is prepared, along with resolutions passed during the 3 days convention.

In Solidarity
Sejal Parikh
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Secretariat - Right to Food Campaign
C/o PHRN
5 A, Jungi House,
Shahpur Jat, New Delhi 110049. India

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Read  the developments towards Right to Food Act, 2009  here : http://www.righttofoodindia.org/right_to_food_act.html

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