Supreme Court of India
T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Ors.
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid discussion, even on facts we find no substance in the plea that the land allotted to Maruti is forest land.
Judgment, page 21
From the headnote
Public Interest litigation (P/L)-Bonafide litigants-Locus standi P/L filed by an applicant set up by others-Maintainability of-Held: Courts should not allow its process to be abused by a mere busybody or a meddlesome interloper or wayfarer or officious intervener without any interest or concern except for personal gain or private profit or other oblique consideration T'he filing of an entirely misconceived and ma la fide application in the garb of public interest litigation by the applicant is strongly deprecated-In order to curb such PILs, exemplary cost imposed-Constitution of India,
Authorities it was built on
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 referred to
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.