law: Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
  43. Cognizance of Offences.
  (1)
  
    No Court shall take
  
  cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complaint made by -
  (a) a Board or any officer authorized in this behalf by
  
  it; or
  (b) any person who has given notice of not less than sixty
  
  days, in the manner prescribed, of the alleged offence and of his intention to
  
  make a complaint to the Board or officer authorized as aforesaid.
  and
  
  no court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate
  
  of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
  (2)
  
  Were a complaint has been made under clause (b) of sub-section (1), the Board
  
  shall, on demand by such person, make available the relevant reports in its
  
  possession to that person :
  Provided that
  
  the Board may refuse to make any such report available to such person if the
  
  same is, in its opinion, against the public interest.