Supreme Court of India

M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 10 S.C.R. 718
Bench Arun Mishra, B. R. Gavai and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 14 August 2020

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Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 – Present writ petiti on was filed in 1985 concerning issues like environmen t in Delhi, shifting of heavy industries, misuse of premises (i ncluding unauthorized construction) etc. – Supreme Court app ointed Monitoring Committee in 2006 to put restraint on mi suse of the residential premises for unauthorized/commercial pu rpose – However, Monitoring Committee acting on a letter writt en by SDM also sealed residential premises on private land no t used for commercial purpose – Propriety of – Held: Monitoring Committee could not have acted based on any

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