The court dismissed this public interest litigation challenging permission granted for a flower show on a service road near Marine Drive as being of no merit.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.11 OF 2009
Marine Drive (GHEF) Welfare Association and another. ... Petitioners Versus
State of Maharashtra and others.
... Respondents
Mr.Pradeep Mardhyan with Ms. Azmin Irani and Mr. P.J. Shah i/by M/s. Vimadalal & Co. for the petitioners. Mr. Niranjan Pandit, Assistant Government Pleader for respondent-State. Ms. Geeta Joglekar for MCGM.
CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. &
S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. Thursday, July 22, 2010
P .C.
In this petition purporting to be PIL, the petitioners are challenging the permission granted by the respondent-Municipal Corporation for exhibiting flower show between 24th January to 27th January, 2009 on the service road off the eastern carriage way of Netaji Subhash Road (Marine Drive).
CHIEF JUSTICE
S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J.
Marine Drive (GHEF) Welfare Association
State of Maharashtra
MOHIT S. SHAH
S.C. DHARMADHIKARI
As recorded by the court registry
Litigation brought on behalf of the public interest rather than a personal grievance, relaxing the usual rule of locus standi.
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