Prakruti Foundation, Thr. Its President, Deepak Bharatsingh Dixit v. Union of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL concerning diversion of 121.58 hectares of forest land with about 27385 trees for Western Coalfields' opencast mining in Chandrapur district. Respondents failed to file replies despite three chances. The court restrained respondents from any tree-felling operations and granted a final three weeks to file replies.
What did the court decide?
Respondents restrained from tree felling; three weeks granted to file reply.