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producing little pollution especially air pollution as a low polluting electric car...
House-gully
House-gully, means a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilised for the purpose of service as or carrying a drain or affording access to the latrine, urine, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or other polluted matter by persons employed in the clearing thereof or in the removal ofsuch matter thereform [The Maharashtra Non-Bio-degradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(d)].House-gully, 'house-gully' means a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilised for the purpose of serving as or carrying a drain or affording access to a latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or other polluted matter, by municipal employee or other person employed in the cleansing thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(23); See also New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 (44 of 1994), s. 2(18)]...
Hazardous process
Hazardous process, means any process or activity in relation to an industry specified in the First Schedule where, unless special care is taken, raw materials used therein or the intermediate or finished products, bye-products, wastes or effluents thereof would--(i) cause material impairment to the health of the persons engaged in or connected therewith, or(ii) result in the pollution or the general environment: Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the First Schedule by way of addition, omission or variation of any industry specified in the said Schedule. [Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), s. 2 (cb)]...
Chimney
Chimney. Ss. 30, 31 of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), which are applied to all urban districts by s. 171 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), impose penalties (up to 5l. and 10s. respectively) on any person wilfully setting a chimney on fire, or an occupier allowing a chimney to be on fire-the latter penalty not to be incurred if the occupier prove that the fire was in nowise owing to omission, neglect, or carelessness of himself or his servant.Minute rules for the construction of chimneys in London are laid down by the London Building Act, 1930 (21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), ss. 69 to 72. Elsewhere, see (English) Public health Act, 1875, s. 157, as amended by the (English) Public health Act, 1936. The funnel of a steam-tug is a chimney, Tough v. Hopkins, 1904 (1) KB 804.Includes any structure with an opening or outlet from or through which any air pollutant may be emitted. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981),...
Control equipment
Control equipment, means any apparatus, device, equipment or system to control the quality and manner of emission of any air pollutant and includes any device used for securing the efficient operation of any industrial plant. [The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981), s. 2 (i)]...
Emission
Emission, means any solid or liquid or gaseous substance coming out of any chimney, duct or flue or any other outlet. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981), s. 2 (j)]...
Noise sensitive structures
Noise sensitive structures, means structures that require a quiet environment such as hospital, schools, government offices, research institutions and residential buildings, Noise Pollution (V), (In re:) (2005) 5 SCC 733....
Industrial plant
Industrial plant, means any plant used for any industrial or trade purposes and emitting anyair pollutant into the atmosphere. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981), s. 2(k)]...
Noise emission
Noise emission, means emission of noise from the source to the living environment of the neighbourhood, Noise Pollution (V), (In re:), (2005) 5 SCC 733....
Public interest
Public interest, means an act beneficial to the general public. It means action necessarily taken for public purpose, Babu Ram Verma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1971) All LJ 653: (1971) Serv LR 649: (1971) 2 Lab LJ 235: (1971) Lab IC 1162 (All).Means of concern or advantage to people as a whole, T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481.Means retention of honest and efficient employees and weeding of inefficient and dishonest, Indira Saxena v. Municipal Council, 1995 Jab LJ 28.Means those interests which concern the public at large, Law Lexicon, 2nd Edn., Reprint 2000, at p. 1557). See also T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481.Refers to cases where the interests of public adminis-tration require the retirement of a government servant who with the passage of years has pre-maturely ceased to possess the standard of efficiency, competence and utility called for by the government service to which he belongs. No stigmas or implication of misbehav...
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