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This includes around 130 square km of pristine forest inhabited by the Nicobarese, a Scheduled Tribe (ST), and the Shompens, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), whose population is estimated to be between 200 and 300. In a detailed letter to Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, the signatories said it was "disingenuous to label what is essentially a commercial project as a strategic one and invoke national security whenever questions on the project are raised". They cautioned that ...Read More >
PUNE: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the work on the proposed Indian Law Society (ILS) Hill Road in Pune, part of the Balbharati-Paud Phata Link Road project, can proceed only after obtaining necessary environmental clearance (EC). The case was heard by a bench of Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice Vinod Chandran. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, along with advocates Abhijit Kulkarni, Rahul Garg, Dhaval Malhotra, and Nisha Chavan, represented the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). "We ...Read More >
PUNE: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the work on the proposed Indian Law Society (ILS) Hill Road in Pune, part of the Balbharati-Paud Phata Link Road project, can proceed only after obtaining necessary environmental clearance (EC). The case was heard by a bench of Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice Vinod Chandran. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, along with advocates Abhijit Kulkarni, Rahul Garg, Dhaval Malhotra, and Nisha Chavan, represented the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). "We ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday halted the construction of the proposed ILS Hill Road project -- the Balbharati-Paud Phata link road -- planned through the Indian Law Society (ILS) campus and Law College Hill in Pune, pending environmental clearance.The SC also directed the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to expeditiously decide the issue of grant of environmental clearance by the Pune Municipal Corporation.A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vin ...Read More >
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