Supreme Court of India
Kripa Mangal Karyalaya & Ors. v. Nagpur Municipal Corporation & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the High Court was not justified in deciding the disputed question of fact as to whether the building was constructed in accordance with Town Planning Scheme.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Public Interest Litigation - Maintainability of - PIL before High Court seeking direction to Nagpur Municipal corporation (NMC) and Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) to remove structures on the land owned by respondent-Trust leased out to the appellant being contrary to building regulation and the development plan under Town Planning Act - High Court allowing the petition directed demolition - Held: The PIL was not maintainable as it was not bonafide, but filed on account of personal disputes between the parties - There was also long delay of eight years in filing the same - NMC was empowered to
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