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2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 2105
CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Sujoy Paul, Smita Das De, JJ
Ramneet Singh Sethi – Appellant
Versus
The State of West Bengal – Respondent
WPA(P) 247 of 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Sunny Nandy
For the Respondents: Mr. Jahar Lal De, AGP, Mr. Shamim Ul Bari, Mr. Kamalesh Bhattacharya, Mr. Syed Shafi Ahmed, Mr. Syed Neaz Ahmed
The court has power to issue directions for reporting on noise pollution and public nuisance claims in a PIL.
Headnote:The Public Interest Litigation addresses noise pollution and public nuisance allegedly caused by the private respondent. The court directed authorities to report on the matter, noting submissions about the adverse effects of late-night activities on local residents. The private respondent contested the allegations and is permitted to respond in future hearings. Final directions were given for report submission by specified authorities.
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| 1. noise pollution and public grievance impacting residents. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. court's direction for reporting on the allegations. (Para 4) |
| 3. private respondent’s opportunity to contest allegations. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. next hearing date set for ongoing proceedings. (Para 7) |
1. Heard Mr. Sunny Nandy, learned advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Jahar Lal De, learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the State.
2. The grievance put forth in this PIL is regarding noise pollution and public nuisance allegedly caused by private respondent Shifa Ideal.
3. In a nutshell, the petitioner submits that because of bursting of fire crackers and use of band in late hours at night, the life of public residing nearby becomes miserable. Apart from this, the unorganized parking of mall is also creating problem for the local residents. The parking haphazardly on the streets resulting into blocking of access to the homes of the persons living nearby.
4. Considering the aforesaid, we deem it proper to issue the following directions, at this stage:
i) The Officer-in-Charge, Beniapukur Police Station shall prepare a report in relation to the communication dated 10.02.2025 Annexure P/4 and the report shall mention whether the allegations mentioned in the said communication are correct or not.
ii) Similar exercise needs to be done by Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. The entire exercise of preparation of report by the aforesaid authorities be completed within three weeks from today and be submitted before this court.
iii) The learned counsel for the petitioner shall supply copy of this order to all the aforesaid three authorities within 3 working days from today.
5. It is noteworthy that the learned counsel for the private respondent Shifa Ideal has vehemently opposed and urged that no noise pollution and public nuisance is being caused by Shifa Ideal.
6. It will be open for the private respondent to file its response on the next date of hearing.
7. Let the matter appear on 11.08.2025.
