Bombay High Court Hears Public Interest Litigation on Environmental Protection in Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani Hill Stations. The matter involved various municipal councils, private owners, and regulatory bodies, but the final outcome and reasoning are not provided in the extracted text.

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P.I.L. NO. 39 OF 2003

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Case Details

2006 LawText (BOM) (10) 61

P.I.L. NO. 39 OF 2003 (WRIT PETITION NO. 7308 OF 2002)

2006-10-19

H.L. Gokhale, J.P. Devadhar

D.J. Khambata, Riyaz Chagla, Mallika Iyer, Seeta Kapadia, S.R. Nargolkar, A.V. Anturkar, Ganesh Gole, J. Reis, Y.M. Choudhari, B.A. Desai, Amjad Sayed, Engineer, Veerendra V. Tulzapurkar, Anuj Bhasme, T. Subramaniam, Chandana Salgaoncar, P.K. Samdani, Ranjit Shetty, Uday Warunjikar, S.M. Gorwardkar, D.R. Shah, G.N. Salunke, Jagdish Reddy, Vimal Tiwari, Sugandh B. Deshmukh, Dilip Bodake, R.G. Ketkar, N.B. Patil, P.K. Dhakephalkar, Tanaji Mahatugade

Bombay Environment Action Group, Sameer Mehta

State of Maharashtra through Secretary, Urban Development Dept. and Secretary, Revenue & Forest Dept., Mahabaleshwar Municipal Council, Panchgani Municipal Council, Collector Satara, Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forest, M/s Desai Brothers Ltd., J.S. Billimoria, Avinash Bhosale, M/s Area Developers Pvt. Ltd., Mahabaleshwar Hotel Owners’ Association, Town Planning & Valuation Department, Hotel Arya (Vijay Choksi) Property, Hotel Rajesh, Table Land Vyapari Association

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Nature of Litigation

Public Interest Litigation concerning environmental protection in Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani twin hill stations.

Procedural History

The petition was filed as PIL No. 39 of 2003 arising from Writ Petition No. 7308 of 2002. Various civil applications were also filed. The matter was heard and judgment reserved on 6th October 2006 and pronounced on 19th October 2006.

Acts & Sections

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  • Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayat and Industrial Townships Act, 1965:
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