PATNA, India, Sept. 22 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 22:
The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.
2. The petition is filed in the nature of Public Interest Litigation.
3. The petitioner has stated in the memo of petition that encroachment has been made in river Mahi and, therefore, the petitioner has filed the present petition with a prayer that appropriate direction be issued to the concerned authorities to protect the land/way of Mahi river situated north of Sabalpur, Sonepur which is the solitary resource of drainage of water in rainy season.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner referred the averments made in the memo of petition and thereafter contended that Div...