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Nuisance 

public nuisance and private nuisance

The term 'nuisance' has not been given any specific definition in the statute. Following the accepted judicial pronouncements it may be described as an unlawful interference with a person's use or enjoyment of land/building or some right over it or in connection with it.

There are two kinds of nuisances-public and private. A public nuisance is one which affects the public generally as an annoyance while a private nuisance is one which injures a private person which the law regards as in excess of the annoyance suffered by the public at large. To constitute of a private nuisance it is enough to show that there is a material interference with the physical comfort of human existence according to plain, sober and simple notions among the common people. Wahid Mia alias Abdul Wahid Bhuiyan Vs. Dr.Rafiqul Islam and others, 16BLD (HCD)255