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As I have understood, the principle of parens patriae stands good as far as people affected and disabled are not able to moot their problems or raise their claims. In such cases, state takes up the rights of the people. but what happens next is undetermined and unanswered. what has to be done is that once the responsibility lies in the hands of the government, they must be made wholly responsible for that and we should see to it that the state provides for adequate compensation to those people whose right to claim are taken up..
Nikhil