Supreme Court of India
Municipality of Bhiwandi and Nizampur v. M/s. Kailash Sizing Works
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the defendant was aware of possible harm apd yet cared to do nothing about it.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Bombay ,District Municipal Act-S. 167-Scope of General Clauses Act.:..... "Dmtl' in good faith" meaning of. · · The. respondent had a structure beside a nallah which carries dirty water and ram water to the creek. The Government demolished a portion of. the dam upstream as a result of which the water stored in the l.ake was boUlld to . pass t~rough the nallah to the creek. The appellant had left unfinished the work of laymg cement slab across the nail.ah. In the rainy season the nallah over· flowed and flooded the respondent's property causing damage to it. The res· pendent alleged that on
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