{"id":7598,"date":"2026-06-22T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/75-years-after-independence-people-still-come-to-court-for-drinking-water-bombay-hc-questions-maharashtra\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:10:45","slug":"75-years-after-independence-people-still-come-to-court-for-drinking-water-bombay-hc-questions-maharashtra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=7598","title":{"rendered":"75 Years After Independence, People Still Come to Court for Drinking Water?\u201d: Bombay HC Questions Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata of the Bombay High Court on Monday (June 22) strongly criticized the Maharashtra Government and questioned why, even after more than 75 years of independence, people still have to approach courts for something as basic as drinking water. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>High Court Questions State on Drinking Water:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">The court asked the State to explain whether it has any scheme to provide drinking water to citizens and directed it to submit a concrete plan by Tuesday (June 23) showing how it will ensure potable water reaches every resident of Maharashtra.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>&ldquo;Why Must Citizens Go to Court for Water?&rdquo;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">The judges remarked:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">&quot;After 75 years of independence, people of India have to approach the court for drinking water? Tell us if there is any scheme of the State for proving drinking water to the citizens? Keep aside Melghat, citizen across Maharashtra has to approach the court for relief for drinking water. Water has to be supplied. It has to be there. We want implementation of the scheme. Orders after orders have been passed. State is doing little, that&#39;s why people are approaching the court,&quot; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>Petitions Highlight Conditions in Melghat:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">The court was hearing long-pending petitions, some of which were filed as far back as 2007. These petitions claim that people in Melghat, a tribal region of Maharashtra, continue to face serious shortages of basic necessities such as drinking water, nutritious food and medical care. The petitions also point to repeated cases of malnutrition and preventable deaths among children, pregnant women and lactating mothers in the region.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>Court Rejects Conditional Water Supply:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">During the hearing, Justice Gadkari referred to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar&rsquo;s speech made while introducing the Constitution. He objected to a statement in the State Government&rsquo;s affidavit that drinking water would be supplied only when there was an &ldquo;indication&rdquo; of need, and made it clear that such a conditional approach was unacceptable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>&ldquo;Water Must Reach Every Citizen&rdquo;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Justice Gadkari observed:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">&quot;Do you not remember what Dr Ambedkar said in his speech during the introduction of our Constitution? Why do you need indication? Water must be supplied&#8230; Tell us how will you provide drinking water to the last person of any village, provided you consider that person as a citizen of India&#8230; Give us a scheme tomorrow itself by which each and every citizen will get drinking water&#8230; They are not asking for any subsidy they are here for their fundamental rights,&quot; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Senior Advocate Jugalkishore Gilda, appearing for the petitioners, told the court that Melghat had gone without water for the past eight days. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Referring to this, the bench stressed that the State must ensure drinking water reaches every citizen, whether in Melghat or any other part of Maharashtra.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Justice Gadkari further stated:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">&quot;You are a progressive State&#8230; You cannot come up with any excuse for not giving drinking water to the citizens&#8230; It is their fundamental right,&quot; Justice Gadkari made it clear. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>State Asked to Submit Action Plan:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">The court adjourned the matter to Tuesday and directed the State Government to place before it a clear and actionable plan to ensure drinking water for all residents of Maharashtra.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Case Details: <span style=\"font-family:Georgia-BoldItalic\"><strong><em>Dr Rajendra Sadanand Burma vs State of Maharashtra (PIL\/133\/2007)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata of the Bombay High Court on Monday (June 22) strongly criticized the Maharashtra Government and questioned why, even after more than 75 years of independence, people still have to approach courts for something as basic as drinking water. 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