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Gran cantidad de residentes de basties (asentamientos informales) de la ciudad de Dhaka fueron desalojados sin aviso previo y sus viviendas fueron demolidas con topadoras. Dos residentes y tres ciudadanos presentaron un reclamo cuestionando las demoliciones en nombre del interés público. La Corte Suprema sostuvo que los habitantes tenían ciertos derechos a una vivienda y a una audiencia justa, y emitió recomendaciones para su reasentamiento.

El Ministerio de Salud del Estado de Chile dictó un decreto que obligaba a suministrar tratamiento médico y diagnóstico gratuito de todas las enfermedades de transmisión sexual, incluido el Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (SIDA). Sin embargo, dicha normativa no se cumplía en los casos de VIH.

Jeannine Godin lived in poverty and relied on social assistance.  The Minister of Health and Social Services had been granted custody of her three children for six months, and was applying to extend this for another six months.  She applied to legal aid for a lawyer to represent her at the hearing but was denied because legal aid did not cover temporary custody hearings.  She applied to the court for an order that funds be provided for a lawyer and asked for a declaration that the restricted eligibility for legal aid violated her rights to life, liberty and security of the person under s.

Under Sections 20 and 21 of the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act, 1976, the State Government exempted certain excess land from the provisions of the Act on the condition that the land be used by the builders for the purpose of providing housing for the ‘weaker sections of society.'  It was alleged that the builders had not done so. Although it found that the applicant's writ of petition had been rendered infructuous, the Bombay High Court gave some directions regarding future monitoring of the scheme sanctioned under Section 20.