Union Of India vs Howrah Ganatantrik Nagarik Samity & Ors

The Union of India challenged a Calcutta High Court order directing the State of West Bengal and the Railway administration to provide sanitary facilities to illegal squatters on railway property as an interim measure. The High Court had also ordered the costs to be shared equally between the State and the Union of India. The core legal issue concerns the obligation of government authorities to provide basic amenities to unauthorized occupants of public land during pending eviction proceedings.