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What issue did the Supreme Court of India address in Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Vardichan?

The Supreme Court upheld an order under section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 requiring the municipal council to abate a public nuisance. The council had…

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What issue did the Supreme Court of India address in Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Vardichan?

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The Supreme Court upheld an order under section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 requiring the municipal council to abate a public nuisance. The council had statutory sanitation duties under section 123 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961. It could not avoid those duties by pleading financial inability. The current corresponding procedure is in section 152 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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The proceedings concerned enforcement of sanitation duties and abatement of a public nuisance.

Option B

The Court reviewed a nuisance-abatement order, rather than a claim for malicious prosecution.

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The Court upheld enforcement of the council's statutory duty to remedy conditions creating a public nuisance.

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Enforcement of a municipality's duty to abate a public nuisance describes the issue.

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