2001 INSC 0001
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                                State of M.P.

                                                      Vs.

                                       Kedia Leather & Liquor Ltd.

                                        Crl.A.Nos.151-58 of 1996

                                     (M.B.Shah and S.N.Variava JJ.)

                                                 02.01.2001

                                                   ORDER

1. The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

2. On complaint filed by villager Sub-divisional Magistrate after inspecting spot passed
preliminary Order for closing down the factory on ground that industries were causing
serious pollution and thereby creating public nuisance. On appeal High Court set aside Order
of Magistrate on ground that Magistrate had no jurisdiction to proceed under Section 133. On
appeal Supreme Court observed that statutory bodies like State Pollution Control Board
failed to discharge its statutory duties. Further directed immediate action against defaulting
companies and appropriate action against defaulting officers.

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