Eden Gardens Not a Public Space ,Court in 1996 World Cup Tax Case: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court recently delivered a significant judgment on the interpretation of public space under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 and the General Clauses Act, 1897. A Division Bench comprising Justices Arijit Banerjee and Kaushik Chanda ruled that the Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata is not a public space in the legal sense. The judgment came in a dispute involving the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) and the…
