City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948

The Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court’s order quashing the Municipal Corporation of Nagpur’s 1991 resolution to renew a 30‑year lease in favour of Saroj Screens Pvt. Ltd. and the State Government’s subsequent sanction under Section 70(5) of the City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948. The Court held that the earl…

During the construction of Yeshwant Stadium, two accidents caused seven deaths and eight injuries. The municipal officers responsible for the work were suspended pending a departmental inquiry, first on 23 September 1974 and again after a charge‑sheet under IPC 304A was filed in 1976. The High Court quashed the suspens…

The appellant, a neighbour of respondent No.2, sought a mandatory injunction against the Nagpur Corporation and respondent No.2 to stop unauthorised construction and to prevent the corporation from granting any building‑plan sanction. The District Judge, invoking Section 286(5) of the City of Nagpur Corporation Act, is…

The respondents, manufacturers of incense sticks, challenged a 1979 notification by the State of Maharashtra that sanctioned higher octroi rates proposed by the City of Nagpur Corporation under the 1948 Act. The High Court held the rates ultra vires because they exceeded the maximum octroi rates fixed under Section 66(…