Resident’s Welfare Association vs Union Territory Of Chandigarh

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2023 Supreme(SC) 340

B. R. GAVAI, B. V. NAGARATHNA
Resident’s Welfare Association – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory Of Chandigarh – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Ms. Natasha Dalmia, AOR Mr. Vanshdeep Dalmia, Adv. Mr. Ashok K. Mahajan, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Ajay Tewari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gaurav Chopra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Dilmrig Nayani, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Saroha, Adv. Mr. Tushar Bathija, Adv. Mr. Reshabh Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Vardaan Seth, Adv.

Table of Content
1. establishment and planning of chandigarh as a union territory. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 11)
2. arguments against apartmentalization affecting city's character. (Para 21 , 22 , 25 , 28 , 29)
3. observations on the legal status of fragmentation and apartmentalization. (Para 52 , 54 , 56 , 58 , 61 , 62)
4. decision against permitting fragmentation or apartmentalization in phase-i. (Para 166)
5. final orders and conclusion of the judgment. (Para 170 , 171)

JUDGMENT :

B.R. GAVAI, J.

INDEX

I. BACKGROUND

II. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE HIGH COURT

III. SUBMISSIONS OF APPELLANTS

IV. SUBMISSIONS OF RESPONDENTS

V. STATUTORY PROVISIONS

VI. FINDINGS OF THE HIGH COURT

VII. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ‘INQUIRY AND HEARING’

VIII. CHANDIGARH MASTER PLAN2031

IX. CONSIDERATION OF CITED CASES

X. CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES

XI. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

XII. CONCLUSION

1. Leave granted.

2. “Let this be a new town, symbolic of freedom of India unfettered by the traditions of the past…an expressions of the nation’s faith in the futur

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2023 Supreme(SC) 340

B. R. GAVAI, B. V. NAGARATHNAResident’s Welfare Association – AppellantVersusUnion Territory Of Chandigarh – Respondent

Cases Referred (12)

B. R. GAVAI, B. V. NAGARATHNA
Resident’s Welfare Association – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory Of Chandigarh – Respondent