PIL challenging municipal waste disposal project declared infructuous as the project was commissioned, leading to dismissal of the petition and civil application.
Petition declared infructuous and dismissed; civil application stood dismissed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 12 OF 2003
Vinayak Shridhar Nikam.
... Petitioner.
vs.
Union of India & Ors.
..... Respondents.
Mr. B.D. Joshi for the applicants. Mr. V.D. Patil for the petitioners.
Ms. J.S. Pawar, Addl. G.P. for respondent/State.
CORAM : J.N. PATEL, ACTING, C.J. &
B.R. GAVAI, J.
DATE : 13TH JANUARY, 2010.
P.C.
The learned counsel appearing for the respondent Corporation
says that the agency to which the project for disposal of municipal solid waste is entrusted has already commissioned the project for the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation as per their letter dated 8.1.2010. The said letter is tendered in Court. The same is taken on record and marked "X" for identification.
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(J.N. PATEL, ACTING, C.J.)
(B.R. GAVAI, J.)
Vinayak Shridhar Nikam
Union of India
J.N. Patel
B.R. Gavai
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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