Supreme Court of India

M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] 3 S.C.R. 709
Bench B.N. Kirpal, Doraiswany Raju and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 10 May 2001

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Contempt of Courts Act, 197 I: Contempt of Court-Non compliance with orders of Supreme Court­ Jndustries operating in residential areas in Delhi and non-conforming with Master Plan-Direction given by Supreme Court to stop their operation and relocate them within a time frame-Not implemented by authorities-Contempt proceedings initiated-Unqualified apology tendered by authorities concerned and also indicating the steps taken in the matter-Held, the authorities have not put in sufficient effort to comply with orders of relocation-With a hope that orders will be earnestly complied with, the

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