Supreme Court of India
The Secretary & Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall v. Howrah Ganatantrik Nagrik Samity and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, special facts and circumstances of the case warrant review of the impugned C order.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Heritage - Monuments - Historic Museum - Writ petition filed alleging mismanagement, misuse and various types of abuses of the Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH) - High Court constituted Expert Committee for improving the environment of VMH - Recommendation made by Expert Committee regarding further construction within VMH area, rejected by High Court while disposing of the writ petition - Application for modification of the order, also rejected - On appeal, held: High Court did not give any specific/good or relevant reason for rejecting the recommendation made by the Expert Committee or while
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Union of India v. Ibrahim Uddin & Anr.
- 2011 State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. v. K. Shyam Sunder & Ors.
- 2023 Vivek Narayan Sharma v. Union of India
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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