Supreme Court of India

Karnataka State Pollution Control v. B. Heera Naik & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2019] 17 S.C.R. 305
Bench Ashok Bhushan and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 26 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussions, we are of the view that High Court erred in quashing the complaint filed by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board against the respondents.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974: s.10 – Whether City Municipal Council is Department of overnment – Held: The City Municipal Council is a Council, in corporated under s.10 of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 – City and Town Municipal Councils as per s.10 is “a body corp orate” – Similarly, under the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1 976, the Municipal Corporations are constituted as Corpo ration by virtue of s.10 – The Municipal City Council and Mun icipal Corporation, which have been created by State enactm ents are controlled by the Government, which bodies

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