Supreme Court of India
Dr. B.L. Wadehra v. Union of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
Held as under :- 'Why drive common people to public interest action? Where Directive Principles have found statutory expression in Do's and Dani's the court will not sit idly by and allow municipal government to become a statutory mockery.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Constitution of India-Articles 21, 48A & 5J(g)-Writ Petition-Prayer for directions to Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Council to petfonn their statutory duties-Duty of collection, removal and disposal of garbage and other waste-Statutory right of residents to live in clean city-Binding directions issued-MCD and NDMC must keep the city clean by deploying all means at their disposal-Statutory obligations. Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957-Sections 354, 356, 357, 465-New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994-Sections 11, 12, 53, 261, 263, 264, 267, 37~Statutory duties of
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