Case Note & Summary
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (the petitioner) filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the respondent authorities to permit execution of a proposed project comprising a service road, drains, and a footpath from T.S. Chanakya Signal to Plot No.7, Sector 58, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. The petitioner asserted the project's public importance and relied upon an earlier order of the Court, specifically the direction recorded at paragraph 83(viii) of a previous judgment. The respondents included the Union of India through the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority; the State of Maharashtra; the Chief Conservator of Forest (Mangrove Cell); the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority; and the Bombay Environment Action Group. The matter was heard by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M.S. Karnik, with arguments presented by Senior Advocate Dr. Milind Sathe for the petitioner and various counsel for the respondents. The judgment was reserved on April 7, 2025, and pronounced on April 17, 2025. The available excerpt does not disclose the Court's reasoning, findings, or final decision.
Issue of Consideration
Whether the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation should be permitted to execute the proposed project of service road, drains, and footpath from T.S. Chanakya Signal to Plot No.7, Sector 58, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, in view of the public importance of the project and the earlier order of the Court recorded at paragraph 83(viii) of a previous judgment.
