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CASE NO.:

Writ Petition (civil) 182 of 1996

PETITIONER:

M. C. MEHTA

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

KAMAL NATH & ORS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 15/03/2002

BENCH:

M.B. Shah & Doraiswamy Raju

JUDGMENT:

RAJU, J.

The above matter has been set down for hearing before us pursuant to the

orders passed by this Court (Justice S.Saghir Ahmad and Justice Doraiswamy

Raju) on May 12, 2000 and the consequent Notice issued to the Executive

Director, M/s Span Motels Pvt. Ltd. at Manali, and the Executive Director, Span

Motels Pvt. Ltd., Operations Headquarters at New Delhi, calling upon them to

show cause as to why in addition to damages, exemplary damages be not

awarded for having committed the various acts set out and enumerated in detail

in the main judgment reported in M.C. Mehta vs. Kamal Nath & Others [(1997)1

SCC 388] wherein it was held as hereunder:

"39. We, therefore, order and direct as under:

1. The public trust doctrine, as discussed by us in this

judgment is a part of the law of the land.

2. The prior approval granted by the Government of

India, Ministry of Environment and Forest by the letter

dated 24.11.1993 and the lease de