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Nuisance means the acts or omissions which unlawfully
interfere with another person's use or enjoyment of land
or of some right in connection with it . It can be of two
kinds, Public nuisance and Private Nuisance.
Public nuisance has been defined by Section 268 of the
Indian Penal Code .A person is guilty of public nuisance
when he does any act or is guilty of omission, which
causes any common injury, the insured or annoyance to
the public or to the people in general who dwell or
occupied property in the vicinity or which must
necessarily cause injury, ups traction, the insured
annoyance to persons who may have occasions to use
any public right.
Public nuisance cannot be the basis of a civil cause of
action, but is dealt by this State as a crime. Private
nuisance arises out of the use of one's own property in
such a way as to cause physical injury to the property
of another or interfere with his health or comfort. E.g
wrongful escape of smoke, smell, fumes, gas, noise etc.
as private nuisance is in act affecting a particular
individual it leads to a civil cause of action for damages.
An instance may be the result of negligence, and in some
circumstances the same act or omission may be the
basis of an action convalescence or negligence.
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