M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
LAWS(SC)-2018-11-31
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Decided on November 22,2018

M.C. MEHTA Appellant
VERSUS
Union of India And Ors. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

MADAN B.LOKUR,J. - (1.) The Monitoring Committee appointed by this Court by judgment and order dated 16th February, 20061 submitted Report No. 129 dated 18th September, 2018. It was stated in the Report that the Monitoring Committee had received information that the seal put by the Veterinary Services Department of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on a property in village Gokalpur, Shahadra, North Zone, Delhi had been broken/tampered with on 16.9.2018. M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, (2006) 3 SCC 399
(2.) The Report of the Monitoring Committee contains the following information: "On the directions of Director (VS), EDMC to take action against the illegal dairies at Gokalpur village, MTI was directed to thoroughly check the area and take sealing action against any illegal dairy running at Gokalpur. MTI inspected the area and found one illegal dairy being run at H. No. 46, Kh. 299, Village Gokalpur near Panchayat Ghar, Delhi-94 by Sh. Prem Singh s/o Sh. Mahaveer Singh. As police programme has already been booked for taking action in the area, therefore, the above illegal dairy was sealed by MTI and his staff on 14.09.2018. The report of sealing alongwith necessary photographs were sent to Director (VS), EDMC and sealing action was entered in the sealing Register at Sr. No. 123. Yesterday on 16.09.2018 (Sunday), Digital Media reports showed that above seal has been broken by Sh. Manoj Tiwari, Hon'ble M.P. Similar reports were also printed in the print media and Hon'ble M.P. was shown in the action of breaking the seal of the premises. First Information Report of the incident has been lodged by DD(VS) at PS-Gokalpuri against all responsible persons. Further Deputy Director (Veterinary Services), Shahdara (North) Zone has fixed a programme for re-sealing the above mentioned premises at 2.30 p.m. on 17.09.2018 and SHO, Gokalpuri has been requested to provide sufficient police force."
(3.) A perusal of the Monitoring Committee's Report indicates that on 14th September, 2018 an illegal dairy being run at H. No. 46 on Kh. 299 in village Gokalpur owned by Shri Prem Singh was sealed by the Milch Tax Inspector on the directions of the Director (Veterinary Services) of the EDMC. The seal was apparently broken or tampered with by Shri Manoj Tiwari, an elected Member of Parliament (MP) on 16th September, 2018 as reported in the digital media and the print media.;


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