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Narmada Bachao Andolan v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2011] 6 S.C.R. 443
Bench J.M. Panchal, Deepak Verma and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.
Decided 11 May 2011

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PLEADINGS: Pleadings...,. Writ petition by Narmada Bachao Ando/an, as public interest litigation - Held: party has to plead its case and produce/adduce sufficient evidence to substantiate c the averrnents made in the petition and in case the pleadings are not complete, the Court is under no obligation to entertain the pleas - It cannot be said that the rules of procedural law do not apply in PIL - In the instant case, there were no pleadings before the High Court on the basis of which the writ petition could be entertained/decided - Thus, it was liable to be rejected at the threshold for the

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