Supreme Court of India

Ardhendu Kumar Das v. The State of Odisha and Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 15 S.C.R. 358
Bench B. R. Gavai and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 3 June 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the public interest litigation filed before the High Court rather than being in public interest, is detrimental to the public interest at large.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

Archaeological Sites: Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 – ss.2, 20C, 20D – Publ ic work or project essential to the public – PIL filed before High Court challenging construction undertaken by respondent N os. 1 and 2 within the prohibited area of the Shree Jagannath Temple complex on the ground that it contravened provisions of the 1958 Act – Their grievance in the instant appeal was that High Court did not grant an interim order restraining respondents from proce eding further with the construction – Held: All the provisions of the 1958 Act have to be read

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