LAWS(APH)-2000-8-88

J K TRADERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

Decided On August 28, 2000
J.K.TRADERS, RAMAKRISHNA 70 MM THEATRE, HYDERABAD Appellant
V/S
STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The aftermath of assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of this country on 21st May, 1991, witnessed large scale disturbances and destruction of properties.

(2.) This Writ Petition is filed seeking compensatory relief through Writ of Mandamus after declaring that the respondents failed to protect the property of the petitioner in Ramakrishna 70 M.M. Theatre and the N.T.R. Estate on the intervening night of 21st and 22nd May, 1991 and award appropriate compensation on the basis of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

(3.) Petitioner is the proprietor of Ramakrishna 70 M.M. Theatre in Hyderabad city. The Theatre is situate in N.T.R. Estate in the Central locality of the city. On the night of 21-5-1991, consequent on the assassination of Sri Rajiv Gandhi, violent incidents erupted in the State of Andhra Pradesh including the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, large scale destruction of property had occurred in Rama Krishna 70 M.M. where the theatre was located.