Hariyali Jeevan Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd, through Its Chairman/Secretary v. Union of India Th. the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction; interim applications by co-operative housing societies; Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA); CRZ-I buffer zone redevelopment permission; extension of time sought and granted; costs Rs. 50,000 per applicant imposed for belated/non-diligent approach; 'vigilant litigants' observation; compliance affidavit within four weeks; respondents Union of India & Ors.; earlier orders dated 13-02-2025 (liberty to apply to MCZMA) and 25-03-2025 (eight-week extension via I.A. No. 1000 of 2025); decision dated 11-09-2025 by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar with Justice Gautam A. Ankhad.
What did the court decide?
All ten interim applications allowed: each applicant co-operative housing society granted the sought further extension of time (eight weeks) to make its application to the MCZMA, conditional upon payment of Rs.50,000/- costs per applicant within four weeks to the charitable fund specified against each application, and filing of a compliance affidavit in the Registry within four weeks.