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Supreme Court hears case raising the issue of lack of fire safety measures in Uttarakhand

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana

Sr Adv Datta: Weather is going to get worse with time. But there is complete apathy. It took a month to douse a fire!

CJI Kant - Accident of fire can be Act of God. But fire fighting and preventing measures is act of [...]. Solution is to create a robust mechanism by dept. and for HC to supervise.