Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : 2001(4)ALT275
..... the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 has been enacted with a view to give effect to the decisions taken in the united nation's conference on human environment held in stockholm in 1972. ..... drain, ventilation-shaft or pipe, cesspool, water-closet, privy, latrine, or urinal or bathing or washing place, or any fitting or appliance, which has been, or has been ordered to be discontinued, demolished or stopped up under any of the provisions of this chapter; (c) without the written permission of the commissioner, make any projection over or encroachment upon or in any way injure or cause or permit to be injured, any drain, cesspool, house-gully, watercloset, privy, latrine or bathing or washing place; provided ..... water drains to be distinct :--wherever it is provided in this chapter that steps shall or may be taken for the effectual drainage of any premises, it shall be competent to the commissioner to require that there shall be one drain or sullage excrementitious matter and polluted water and another and an entirely distinct drain for rain water and unpolluted sub-soil water or for both rain water and unpolluted subsoil water each emptying into board sewer and municipal drain respectively or other places legally ..... article 51-a(g) occurring in chapter iv-a of the constitution provides 'it shall be the duty of every citizen of india to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures' .....
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Reported in : 1998(1)ALD505
..... sincerity narrated and presented to this court about the various enactments popularly called as water act, the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 amended upto 1988, the water (prevention and control of pollution) rules, 1975, the water (prevention and control of pollution) (procedure for transaction of business) rules, 1975, the water (prevention and control of pollution)cess act, 1977 as amended by amendment act, 1991, the water (prevention and control of pollution) cess rules, 1978, the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981, as amended by amendment act, 1987, the air (prevention and control of pollution) rules, 1982 and the air (prevention and control of pollution) (union ..... in no.55014/pcb/ aee-ii/95-116, dated 4-1-1996 alleging that the petitioner was operating the unit in contravention to the directions issued under section 31a of air (prevention and control of pollution) amendment act, 1987 (for short 'the air act'), that the industry must be closed for violating the conditions imposed that the petitioner would be liable for prosecution in case the order was not obeyed ..... the act and it has got powers and functions to be performed in accordance with chapter ii, iii and iv of the act. ..... has pointed out that notwithstanding the preparation of the master plan and zonal development plans by virtue of chapter in of the act, it prescribes the procedure of survey of the area declared and to prepare the master plan which must be approved by the .....
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Reported in : AIR1986AP328
..... an objection was raised that the suit itself is not maintainable in view of the provisions of the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974. ..... chapter v deals with the prevention and control of water pollution. ..... the preamble says that the act is to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water for the establishment and with a view to carrying out the purpose aforesaid, statutory boards are ..... chapter ii deals with the constitution of the central and state boards for prevention and control of water pollution. ..... means the person who has control over the affairs of the factory or the premises and where the said affairs are entrusted to a managing agent, such agent shall be deemed to be the occupier of the factory or the premises; the word 'pollution' was defined under s. ..... , the present action is only preventing the defendant from polluting water. ..... section 20 deals with the powers to obtain information and also survey of any area and gauge and keep records of the flow or volume and other characteristics of any stream or well in such ..... appeal, the appellate court had disagreed with the conclusion of the trial court and held that the suit and the application are maintainable and the court has got jurisdiction to examine the application for injunction and consequently remanded the matter for inquiry. ..... under that chapter, sec 19 gives power to the state government to restrict the application of the act to certain .....
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Reported in : (1990)ILLJ367AP
..... licensee under the factories act and subjected to several laws like water (prevention and control of pollution) act, the air(prevention and control of pollution) act. ..... delhi municipality (1981-i-llj-231 at 234) : 'in our opinion, the expression corporation' must, in the mean a corporation created by the legislature and not a body or society brought into existence by an act of a group ..... of 1978, this court has held that chapter v-b of the industrial disputes act imposes public duties on the manufacturing concerns ..... in ajay hasia khalid mujib (1981-i-llj-103) one of the questions for consideration before a constitution bench of the supreme court was whether the regional engineering college, srinagar, established and managed by a society registered under the jammu and kashmir registration of societies act, 1898, is an authority within the meaning of ..... gattaiah's case (1981 lab ic 942) (andhra pradesh), both as regards the nature and scope of the writ of certiorari (which, as noticed, did not arise for decision), as also with regard to the particular context in which the writ of mandamus has ..... 1981, and receiving sizeable assistance in the shape of loans and overdrafts from the government through various agencies, was prima facie held to be falling within the ambit of article 12 by the supreme court in ..... 4-12-1981) and a division bench comprising alladi kuppuswami cj and p ..... prudential co-operative bank 1981 (1) alt 300 was cited in support of the proposition that no writ will lie against a .....
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Reported in : AIR1997AP41
..... the statement of objects and reasons of the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 reads as follows :--'the problem of pollution of rivers and streams has assumed considerable importance and urgency in recent years as a result of the growth of industries and the increasing tendency to urbanization. ..... 33(a) of water (prevention and control of pollution) amendment act, 1988 directing closure of industry. ..... which would establish unitary agencies in the centre and states to provide for the prevention, abatement and control of pollution of rivers and streams, for maintaining or restoring wholesomeness of such waters sources and for controlling the existing and new discharges of domestic and industrial wastes.the bill follows the recommendations of the aforesaid committees and seeks to-(i) establish at the centre as well as in the states, water pollution prevention boards with the necessary complement of technical and administrative staff and to confer on them such powers as are necessary to deal ..... 33(a) which reads as follows :'in chapter v of the principal act, after sec. .....
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Reported in : 2002(2)ALT193
..... similarly, the stockholm conference inspired the indian parliament to enact the stalutes such as the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974, the water (prevention and control of pollution) cess act, 1977, the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981, the forest conservation act, 1980 and the environment (protection) act, 1986, to protect the lives, the nature and its environment. ..... the bill was drafted and the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 was enacted. ..... the nearby colonies into the lake so as to protect the quality of the water in the lake; (iv) the respondent authorities, in general, are directed to discharge their respective duties and functions under the environment (protection) act, 1986, air (prevention, control ofpollution) act, 1981, water (prevention, control of pollution) act, 1974 and the hyderabad metropolitan water supply and sewerage act, 1989 strictly in accordance with the provisions of those statutes; (v) it is further directed that it is open to the petitioner or any affected person to seek appropriate further directions from ..... the long-term perspective, which is the heading given to chapter 2 of the plan states :'it is an obligation of each generation to maintain the productive capacity of land, air, water and wild life in a manner which leaves its successors some choice in the creation of a healthy environment. .....
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Reported in : 2001(5)ALT315
..... in the light of the above constitutional provisions and the environmental laws such as environment protection act, 1986, the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974, and the wild life (protection) act, 1972, the various issues raised in the petitions have to be examined.history of kolleru lake:11 ..... the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 (for short 'the water act') has been enacted to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water ..... 2354 of 2001 is filed by two petitioners, residents of vadlakutitippa village, kaikalur mandal, krishna district, questioning the action of the respondents in interfering with the repairing works undertaken to their fish/prawn tanks and prayed for the following relief:to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the rights of the petitioners to repair their fish/ ..... definitions:-- in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-(a) 'environment' includes water, air and land and the inter-relationship which exists among and between water, air and land, and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism and property;(b) 'environmental pollutant' means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment ..... chapter iv of the act deals with sanctuaries and national parks .....
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Reported in : 2002(1)ALD136; 2002(2)ALT356
..... in this context we may refer to water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 ('water act' for brevity) as well as the environment (protection) rules, 1986 ('the environment rules' for brevity) made under sections 6 and 25 of the environment (protection) act, 1986 ('the environment act' for brevity).37. ..... pollution control board; (vi) director of municipal adminstration and (vii) district collector, nellore immediately to prepare necessary plans and steps and monitor supply of safe drinking water to residents of kavali; (b) we direct the director of municipalities and kavali municipality to take immediate necessary steps to prevent the flow of both treated and untreated sewage into papireddy tank and other surface water resources like tanks, kuntas, guntas, guntas whether or not they are being used for drinking purposes. ..... kamal nath, : (1997)1scc388 , held as under:the public trust doctrine primarily rests on the principle that certain resources like air, sea, waters and the forests have such a great importance to the people as a whole that it would be wholly unjustified to make, them a subject of private ownership. ..... chapter-1 deals with water supply lighting and drainage. ..... the action on the part of the municipality in allowing the drainage water to flow into papireddy tank evenviolates provisions in chapter 5 of part v of the municipalities act. ..... we may refer to some relevant provisions in these two chapters. ..... chapter-v deals with nuisance. .....
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Reported in : 2002(1)ALD(Cri)661; 2002(2)ALT(Cri)193
..... and 26 of the water prevention and control of pollution act ..... of water prevention and control of pollution act, 1974 ..... it is also well known that in cases where offences are against women, the victim woman would be slow in making a report to police, because her reputation would be at stake, and therefore would, in many cases, take considerable time to decide whether to give a police report about the incident or not.if the petitioner feels that the record produced by the police does ..... class specially empowered in this behalf under sub-section (2), may take cognizance of any offence[a] upon receiving a complaint of facts which constitute such offence,[b] upon a police report of such facts, and[c] upon information received from any person other than a police officer, or upon his own knowledge, that such offence has been committed. ..... criminally trespassed into her house when she was alone and abused her in filthy language and caught hold of her hand and dragged her towards him with an intention to outrage her modesty and on hearing her cries the devotees in the church came to her rescue and on their arrival petitioner and others left her house. ..... state of a.p.1, contended that since the magistrate erred in mechanically taking cognizance of the case and committing the case to sessions, it is liable to be quashed.i am unable to agree with the said contention.the said case has no application ..... case filed other than on a police report, chapter xv containing sections 200 - 203 cr.p.c applied there .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : 2002(4)ALD344; 2003(159)ELT17(AP)
..... 485 (hl), and referred to with approval by the supreme court in member secretary, andhra pradesh state board for prevention and control of water pollution v. ..... as could be seen from the exemption of various items and rule of interpretation and section notes and chapter notes in schedule i to the central excise tariff act, the parliament, while dealing with various kinds of machines and the like, specifically made provisions by way of rule of interpretation to provide guidance in the matter of locating the actual position of spares and accessories among the various items, where the items do not specifically deal with spares and accessories. ..... chairman of the cossipore and chitpore, air 1922 pc 27, while holding that steel tank with its supporting structure for storage of water is not 'machinery' within the meaning of proviso 3of section 10 of the bengal municipal act opined that a completed machine or a number of completed machines may, of course, according to the ordinary use of language, be properly described as 'machinery', so may those parts or members of a machine which when assembled, as it is styled, form a complete machine so also ..... mir mahammad ali, air 1964 sc 1693. ..... , vaccum cleaners refrigeration, toaster, air-conditioner. ..... cit, air 1940 pc 183, j.k. .....
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