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Article 21 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Sachidananda Pandey vs State Of West Bengal & Ors on 11 February, 1987
In Shri Sachidanand Pandey Vs. State of W.B. (AIR 1987 SC 1109). The Court said that whenever a problem of ecology is brought before it, the Court is bound to bear in mind Art.48-A of the Constitution, which enjoins that the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forest and wild life of the country and Article 51-A (g) which proclaims it to be the fundamental duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environments including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life and to have compassion for living creatures."
Article 47 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Animal And Environment Legal Defence ... vs Union Of India And Ors on 5 March, 1997
"12. Apart from the above we may also refer to Article 51-A(g) of the Constitution which makes it a fundamental duty of every citizen "to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life". This duty can be enforced by the Court, vide Animal and Environment Legal Defence Fund V. Union of India (supra, vide para-15). 13.
Section 217B in Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 [Entire Act]
Article 226 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
M/S Royal Parasdise Hotel (P) Ltd vs State Of Haryana & Ors on 25 August, 2006
6. While making his submissions, the petitioner placed reliance upon the provisions contained in Chapter X-A of the District Municipalities Act as well as the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Hill Stations) Buildings Rules, 1993, apart from relying upon the decisions of the Division Bench of this Court reported in 1995-2- Writ L.R. 737 ( Palani Hills Conservation Council rep. by its President Navroz Mody Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu rep. by its Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Local Administration Department, Madras and three others), (2006) 7 SCC 597 (Royal Paradise Hotel (P) Ltd., Vs. State of Haryana and others) and the order, dated July 2007 passed in W.P.No.2504 of 1995 (The Palani Hills Conservation Council rep. by its Vice President Mr.Navroz Mody Vs. The Union of India rep. by its Secretary to Government Municipal Administration and Water Supply, Fort St. George, Madras-9 and four others). 7. The petitioner fervently contended that in order to maintain the ecological balance in the hill station of the Nilgiris District every effort should be made to implement the regulatory measures in the form of various provisions contained in Chapter X-A as well as the Rules referred to above in respect of the construction of any building, as otherwise, it will pose a serious environment problem, which will not be in the best interest of the public at large.