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Raju S. Jethmalani & Ors. VS. State Of Maharashtra & Ors.
CASE NO.: Appeal (civil) 8274-8275 of 2003PETITIONER: Raju S. Jethmalani & Ors.RESPONDENT: State of Maharashtra & Ors.DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/05/2005BENCH: ASHOK BHAN & A.K. MATHURJUDGMENT: J U D G M E N TA.K. MATHUR, J.These appeals are directed against orders passed by learned Division Bench of the High Court of Bombay dated September 4, 1997 and September 8, 1999.Initially a writ petition was filed before the High Court of Bombay by way of public interest litigation by the residents of Salisbury park and persons living around that area challenging the notification dated February 12, 1993 whereby an area admeasuring 1.50 acres of land was de-reserved from plot No.438 of Salisbury Park within the Municipal limits of Pune which was reserved as a garden in the development plan. In order to promote ecology and to have congenial environment, a development plan was prepared on August 15, 1986 for Pune city under the erstwhile prov...
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