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Soobramoney v Minister of Health, KwaZulu-Natal
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Soobramoney v Minister of Health, KwaZulu-Natal is an important judgement of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, delivered in 1997, and the first in which the court had to adjudicate on the universal constitutional right to medical treatment as against the problem of an under-resourced health care system.
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Court | Constitutional Court of South Africa |
Full case name | Thiagraj Soobramoney v Minister of Health, KwaZulu-Natal |
Decided | 27 November 1997 (1997-11-27) |
Citations | [1997] ZACC 17, 1998 (1) SA 765 (CC), 1997 (12) BCLR 1696 (CC) |
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Appealed from | Durban and Coast Local Division |
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Judges sitting | Chaskalson P, Langa DP, Ackermann, Didcott, Goldstone, Kriegler, Madala, Mokgoro, O'Regan & Sachs JJ |
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Decision by | Chaskalson |
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