Shrikant Prasad vs South Delhi Municipal Corporation

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DELHI HIGH COURT
D.N.PATEL, JYOTI SINGH
Shrikant Prasad – Appellant
Versus
South Delhi Municipal Corporation – Respondent

Table of Content
1. petitioner seeks various public amenities. (Para 1 , 2)
2. public interest litigation not appropriate for information requests. (Para 3 , 4)
3. court dismisses petition but allows for future representations. (Para 5 , 6 , 7)

JUDGMENT

D.N. Patel, Chief Justice (Oral)

Proceedings have been conducted through video conferencing.

1. Present Public Interest Litigation has been filed seeking the following reliefs:

"1. The Respondent no 2 should be given a order so that they start providing portable water to all household where there is high scarcity of water in area at earliest so that their time of high importance which they have to spend in having water should be saved and people do not roam street to street in search of water.

2. Respondent no 1 should be given an order without any delay so that the sewer line should be started in the entire area for immediate use so that women, children, old and young people can get rid of the problem of open defecation so that they do not have to wait for the night, which in today's age is very much a matter of household and spoils the image of our country.

3. The Horticulture department of Respondent no 1 should be ordered to remov

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