Nitesh Pant v. National Highway Authority of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPPIL No. 38 of 2021; Nitesh Pant v. National Highway Authority of India and others; decided 16/06/2025; neutral citation 2025:CGHC:24224-DB; NAFR (non-reportable); Division Bench of Ramesh Sinha, C.J. and Bibhu Datta Guru, J.; PIL concerning incomplete construction of National Highway No. 30 (NH-30) at District North Bastar Kanker and diversion of heavy motor vehicles away from Kanker city to curb air and noise pollution; petition disposed of on counsel's statement that the grievance stood redressed; refund of security deposit, if any, directed; no merits adjudication, no statutory provisions or precedents discussed.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated; petition disposed of on the submission that the prayers stand redressed, with a direction that the security amount, if any, deposited by the petitioner be refunded to him.