In which of the following judgment the Supreme Court of India observed that ‘the residents of…
M.C. Mehta concerned the widespread conversion of Delhi residential premises to commercial use contrary to planning and municipal laws. The Court stressed the resulting harm…
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In which of the following judgment the Supreme Court of India observed that ‘the residents of metropolitan cities have a right to salubrious and decent urban environment’:
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M.C. Mehta concerned the widespread conversion of Delhi residential premises to commercial use contrary to planning and municipal laws. The Court stressed the resulting harm to the environment, healthy living and residents of the locality, and upheld the municipal sealing power for misuse. That urban residential context matches the proposition in the question. Intellectuals Forum addressed conservation of water bodies, while Sterlite concerned industrial pollution from a smelter.
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