Supreme Court of India

Municipal Corpn. of Greater Bombay and Ors. v. Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. and Anr.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 50
Bench V.N. Khare and B.N. Agra Wal JJ.
Decided 23 August 2001

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What the Court ordered

We hold that merely because the Corporation is entrusted with the duty to maintain water channel and drain and, therefore, the water channel and drain belonging to the Government vest in it is not H 58 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2001) SUPP. 2 S.C.R. ·A correct.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888: Ss.J(a), 170, 220, 220A and 231-'Drain' belonging to State Government but falling within the municipal limit of Municipal Corporatio'n-lndustries discharging industrial effluents in the drain-Municipal Corporation serving on industries notice of demand of sewerage charges-Held, drain belongs to State Government and does not vest in Municipal Corporation-Vesting in Municipal Corporation of water channel or drain belonging to State Government can take place only in the manner provided uls. 220A-As and when State Government vests or transfers the drain to

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