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High Court of Bombay Passes Interim Orders Directing Restoration of Lake and Prevention of Mangrove Destruction in Navi Mumbai. Modification of Development Plan to Permit Golf Course Raised Public Interest Concerns.

The public interest litigations were filed to address the systematic destruction of mangroves and wetlands in Navi Mumbai. The petitioners in PIL 218/...

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Bombay High Court Examines PIL Filed by Environmental Group Against State Bodies and Developer. Challenge Pertains to Approvals for Construction of Hotel in Coastal Regulation Zone at Morjim, Goa.

This Public Interest Litigation filed by two environmental petitioners challenges approvals granted for construction of a hotel/beach resort by respon...

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Bombay High Court Permits Construction of Transmission Line and Mangrove Felling for Bullet Train Project, Subject to Compensatory Plantation. Approval Granted Under Oversight of Earlier PIL Orders and Stringent Ecological Conditions to Ensure Afforestation and Monitoring.

The matter arose from a writ petition filed by Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) seeking permission to construct a 1...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Environmental Protection in Public Interest Litigation Regarding Construction on Agricultural Land. Court Directs Demolition of Unauthorized Structures and Restoration of Land to Original Condition Under Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Act, 1983 and Environmental Laws.

The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL No. 34/2010) initiated suo motu by the court and a connected Writ P...

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Supreme Court Modifies High Powered Committee Recommendations in Chardham Highway Project Case to Balance Development and Environmental Protection. The court held that widening of highways in ecologically sensitive Himalayan region must be subject to strict environmental safeguards and monitoring.

The case concerns the Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna, a project by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to widen approximately 900 km of nat...

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Bombay High Court Allows Fishermen Cooperative's Petition Against Demolition of Fishermen Huts in Coastal Zone. Court Holds That Traditional Fishing Communities Have Customary Rights to Occupy Foreshore Land for Livelihood, Subject to Environmental Clearances Under CRZ Notification, 2011.

The petitioner, Mariyayi Macchimaar Sahkari Sanstha Maryadit, a cooperative society of traditional fishermen, filed a writ petition challenging the pr...