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May 01 1953 (HC)

V. Gopalakrishna Vs. the Secretary, Board of Revenue, Madras and anr.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1954Mad362; (1953)1MLJ744

..... not because it was wanted for purposes of the act, but in order to exact an exemption fee from the owner would, in the opinion of their lordships, have been a misuse of the powers conferred upon the board, and if in fact the board had included the land of the respondent in the scheme merely for the purpose of exacting exemption fees, the board would have acted ultra vires and the respondent would have been entitled ..... it is urged that the original resolution dated 30-9-1947 had been rescinded by resolutions dated 20-4-1951 and 26-5-1951 and that the board which passed the final resolution for acquisition dated 10-11-1952 was not really competent to do so because two of the members belonging to the petitioner's faction had been compelled by the government to resign, a ..... there, an acquisition of land for the purpose of calcutta land improvement trust was challenged on the ground that the true object of the acquisition was not to improve the road conditions in calcutta but to exact an exemption fee ..... in substance the transaction was one of gift by the court of wards to the municipality and that proceedings under the land acquisition act were taken colourably with the object of enabling the court of wards to make a gift which was not within its competence. ..... have no application to the present case as the present acquisition has been made for improving the market conditions. ..... placed on certain observations of the privy council occurring in -- 'trustees for the improvement of calcutta v. .....

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May 14 2003 (HC)

A.M. Shamsudeen Vs. A.M. Mohamed Salihu and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2003)2MLJ526

..... same on the ground that the appellant, without obtaining prior permission of the wakf board, had exchanged a property belonging to the wakf and he is a permanent resident of chennai and he is carrying on business and he has not produced any material to show that he improved the trust property when he was member of the board of trustees from 1992 to 2001 and a civil suit is also pending against him ..... relating to the declaration of right to a property, but one which is relating to the capacity of the person to hold the office of the trustee and if anyone of the trustees has rendered himself incapable of acting as a trustee by his own act or misdeed as a trustee or by happening of any one of the contingencies mentioned in clause 4(d)(iii) of the scheme decree, then he is not eligible to continue as a trustee and it will be open ..... court has to see whether the appointment by the scheme judge was made consistent with the provisions of the scheme decree and he has acted keeping in mind the interests of the trust in making the selection and whether the qualifications of becoming a trustee are fulfilled and the selected trustees do not suffer from ..... appellant in his reply has admitted that he was once convicted, but he has stated that other persons having similar disqualification have been permitted to act as trustees and submitted that since there is an admission as regards the conviction in the earlier proceedings, there is no necessity for the respondents to adduce further .....

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Jul 24 2012 (HC)

Dr.J.Santhosh Kumar. Vs. the Block Medical Officer.

Court : Chennai

..... other functionary of the local authority concerned, who is vested with general executive powers under the madras city municipal act, 1919, the tamil nadu district municipalities act, 1920, the tamil nadu local boards act 1920, or the tamil nadu village panchayats act, 1950, as the case may be.3(9) "executive officer" means the paid officer, if any, of the local ..... cleaning of streets, the removal of rubbish heaps, jungle growth and prickly-pear, the filling in of disused wells, insanitary ponds, pools, ditches, pits or hollows and other improvements of the sanitary condition of the village ;(e) the provision of public latrines and arrangements to cleanse latrines whether public or private ;(/) the opening and maintenance of burial and burning ..... curriculum conducted and recognized by the central council of indian medicine aresupplemented with such modern advances ;and whereas , the central council of indian medicine has improved and strengthened the syllabus of indian medicine by including subjects with regard to national programmes like national malaria eradication programmes, tuberculosis, leprosy, family welfare programme, ..... of india, enunciated under article 47 provides that the state shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the state shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks .....

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Aug 31 2012 (HC)

G. Sundarrajan Vs. the Union of India Rep. by the Secretary to Governm ...

Court : Chennai

..... , the central government shall have authority (a) to develop a sound and adequate national policy in regard to atomic power, to co-ordinate such policy with the central electricity authority and the state electricity boards constituted under sections 3 and 5 respectively of that act and other similar statutory corporations concerned with the control and utilisation of other power resources, to implement schemes for the generation of electricity in pursuance of such policy and to operate ..... clearance was issued by the government for installation of nuclear power plant at kudankulam, namely in 1988-1989, it was the environment (protection) act, 1986 and the environment (protection) rules, 1986 that were occupying the field relating to environmental law, which was intended to provide protection and improvement of environment, including water, air and land and the inter-relationship which exists among and between water, air and land ..... in the absence of the final report from the task force, the said writ petition has been filed on the grounds that the atomic energy regulatory board (aerb) constituted under section 27 of the atomic energy act, 1962 is empowered to review from the safety angle before the commissioning of the atomic energy project and it is only after appropriate review made by the third respondent regarding the operational experience in the ..... act. the main function of the boards, under the air act, is to improve the quality of the air and to prevent, control and abate air .....

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Oct 29 2009 (HC)

Dr. M. Ponnuswamy and M. Palaniswamy Vs. the Chairman, Tamil Nadu Elec ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2009)8MLJ803

..... major point which is urged by the petitioner is that the property was sought to be acquired without following due process of law and by virtue of various judgements, especially relating to the powers of the board as 'state transmission utility', there is no necessity to give any notice for the purpose of erection of tower or for making 'transmission lines' and therefore, the petitioner is not entitled for the relief ..... in the present case, it is crystal clear that the board acted as the state transmission utility as per section 2(67) of the electricity act, 2003 and by virtue of notification issued by the state government under section 39(1) of the said act, the board is not engaged in the business of trading of electricity and therefore, it is certainly different from the power grid corporation and in that view of the matter, the ..... benefit of the public and it will clear/improve the low voltage problem, un interruption in power supply and also will cater to the growing power demand, besides improving the system stability in the transmission network for ..... stated that it will clear/improve the low voltage problem, uninterruption in power supply and also will cater to the growing power demand, besides improving the system stability in the ..... routed through, it will clear/improve the low voltage problem and also ..... the scheme is routed through it will clear/improve the low voltage problem, the interruption in power ..... realities, economical considerations and for the improvement of the nation.4.5. .....

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Jan 25 1995 (HC)

The Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1996Mad70

..... 155 of the tamil nadu state housing board act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the act) to issue a direction to the housing board to cancel the allotments of plots made in favour of the petitioners.point (i) : ..... (2) the government may give any local authority such directions as in their opinion are necessary or expedient for enabling the board to carry out the purposes of this act, after giving an opportunity to the local authority concerned to state its objections, if any, to such directions and after considering the said objections and it shallthereupon be the duty of the local authority to comply with such ..... it is also open to the state government to entrust execution of any housing or improvement schemes to the housing board, which is not provided for by the act and thereupon, the housing board is required to undertake the execution of such work as if it had been provided for by the act. ..... iii deals with the assets and liabilities of the housing board and also abolishes the city improvement trust board and transfers the assets and liabilities of the city improvement trust board to the housing board. ..... 35 of the act, the board is entitled from time to time to incur expenditure and undertake works for the framing and execution of such housing or improvement schemes as it may consider ..... the act itself came to be passed with an object of making a provision for the execution of housing and improvement schemes, for the establishment of a statehousing board and for certain other .....

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Oct 17 1979 (HC)

Parthasarathy and anr. Vs. Kuppammal

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1980Mad246; (1980)2MLJ83

..... which is the subject matter of the suit and from which they are sought to be ejected, had already been declared as slum area under a notification issued under section 3 of the tamil nadu slum areas (improvement and clearance) act 1971, (hereinafter referred to as the 'act'), the execution petition cannot be maintained unless permission has been obtained from the slum clearance ..... 5, 11 and 29 of the act did not confer any benefit or a cause of action in favour of an occupant they being merely enabling provisions empowering the slum clearance board to clear the slum and improve the same and that, therefore, it is not open to the judgment debtors, who had suffered a decree for eviction, to set as naught those valid decrees by taking advantage of ..... pen by the learned judge for taking such a view is as follows---"a careful reading of the various provisions of the act would reveal that a person like the petitioner cannot claim the right in his favour since all the provisions merely empower the slum clearance board to clear the slums for the improvement of the slums. ..... 11 and 29 of the act did not confer a cause of action in favour of the occupant, that they were merely enabling provisions or powers conferred upon the board for the improve merit and clearance, of the alums and that under those circumstances it was not open to the, petitioner therein to set at naught the valid decree of the civil court which was confirmed by the high court by seeking an illusory protection under the- act. .....

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May 12 1992 (HC)

Dr. Kamala Dakshinamurthi and ors. Vs. Board of Trustees Represented b ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1992)2MLJ604

..... , it can be safely taken in our case that the plaintiffs and other applicants have several detriment and if the board of trustees are allowed to recede from their promise, then, definitely, injustice would follow to the plaintiffs and other applicants ..... dated 26.5.1988 under ex.p-8 clearly states that on payment of the improvement charges, the 7th defendant would be in a position to give sanction and after such payment, the trustees would be in a position to act in accordance with the notice dated 9.9.1982. ..... in view of the fact that the government have already permitted conversion of the land into house-sites, the board of trustees by their communication dated 9.9.1982 issued notice calling for applications from the persons bona fide in need of house site and to allot the ..... the board of trustees have miserably failed to fulfil their obligations in regard to payment of improvement charges and there has been a serious derelication of duty on their part and they cannot take advantage ..... the board of trustees sent a reply stating that there has been no concluded contract and the plots are offered for sale and not for the purpose of improving the locality but for different consideration and that the offer was also subject to the terms and conditions mentioned therein and unless those terms and conditions are fulfilled, ..... the decree vested the vacant land in the 1st defendant and authorised the board to sell the lands and utilise the sale proceeds for the amenities intended for the common .....

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May 12 2009 (HC)

Madurai Coats Private Limited Coats India, Rep. by Its General Manager ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2009)5MLJ449

..... tamirabarani either directly or indirectly, by considering the question as to whether the pollution control board is still entitled to impose a further condition under the impugned order for segregation of high tds effluent and for providing a mechanical evaporator, again based on the report of ..... effluent discharge from the petitioner's factory was found to be 1560 mg/l as per the report of the anna university, and taking note of the fact that earlier the board has directed the petitioner not to carry on wet operation in the process which generates trade effluent and that no treated/untreated sewage or trade effluent shall gain access to river ..... and ro plants, recover water, properly manage reject and cease discharge to a water body/land and have their records maintained as directed by the board and should undertake to satisfy the board in this regard within a period of thirty days from today;ii) the tnpcb is directed to conduct similar enforcement action against similar clusters in namakkal district ..... supreme court has held that the prevention of pollution and improvement of environment are constitutional mandates and that has been enlarged by the post-constitutional statutes like the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974, the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 and the environment protection act, 1986 and that the precautionary principle and polluter pays .....

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Oct 30 2012 (HC)

M/S. Sterling Holiday Resorts and Another Vs. Central Government Secre ...

Court : Chennai

..... the central government in view of such complaints received against the company invoked section 408 of the act and approached the company law board to direct the central government to appoint the majority of directors on the board of directors of the company in order to restore and improve good corporate governance and prudential norms in the respondent company and to prevent further diversion of funds and assets stripping and to enable the company to recover the funds which were either ..... senior counsel appearing on behalf of the company would only bring it to the notice of this court the failure of the company law board to appreciate the status of the company through unstinted efforts taken by the company for infusion of more capital and to discharge the liabilities of all and to recover receivable dues to the company and to improve the financial position of the company on all aspects in order to safeguard the interest and benefits of all concerned. 12. ..... senior counsel for the appellant, the present case is a fit case wherein the company law board ought to have appreciated the relief sought for by the central government in the light of the allegations raised in the complaint which is the basis of the company petition and in the light of subsequent development and the steps taken and improvements made by the company to remedy the situation and the current status of the company on the .....

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