L.I.C. Of India & Anr vs Consumer Education & Research Centre & ... on 10 May, 1995
m) BECAUSE the Respondent 1, being bound by the Directive Principles of the Constitution, as held by the apex Court in L.I.C. of India v. Consumer Education and Research Centre, has amongst others, violated Article 38 in the Chapter of Directive Principles which casts a duty upon the State to promote the welfare of the people by securing a social order in which social, economic and political justice shall inform all institutions of national life. The respondent 1 has also violated Article 39(a) of the Constitution in that it has prevented the widow from having an adequate means of livelihood. The Respondent 1 has further violated Article 41 of the Constitution as it has failed to make effective provision for the widow in her time of undeserved want and has not ensured that she has adequate economic support, being rightfully hers as being the dependent of a bona fide policy holder of the Respondent No. 1."