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During the rainy season, dirty water remains for months in city areas because of faulty municipal…

Ratlam rejects financial inability as a defence to the statutory sanitation obligation. A municipality must address public nuisance and provide working drainage; the…

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During the rainy season, dirty water remains for months in city areas because of faulty municipal drainage, causing hardship and disease. Assume this constitutes a public nuisance within the municipal council’s statutory sanitation duty. Applying Municipal Council Ratlam v Vardhichand, which statement is correct?

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Ratlam rejects financial inability as a defence to the statutory sanitation obligation. A municipality must address public nuisance and provide working drainage; the statutory duty contains no exemption merely because municipal funds are insufficient.

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