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)

B.R. GAVAI, J.

1. Leave granted.

These were the words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s First Prime Minister, while laying down the founding principles of a new city for Capital of the State of Punjab.

3. After India attained independence in the year 1947, the Government of Punjab in consultation with the Government of India approved the site for the new Capital of the State in March 1948. The new city was designed by French Architect Le Corbusier in association with other architects, namely, Pierre Jeanneret, Jane B. Drew and Maxwell Fry. The city was planned as a living example of urban design, landscaping and archite

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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