Prakruti Foundation, Chandrapur, Thr. President, Deepak S/O Bharatsingh Dixit and Anr. v. U.O.I., Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Thr. Secretary, New Delhi and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Court: High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench. Case: Public Interest Litigation No. 36 of 2025 (neutral citation 2025:BHC-NAG:4490-DB; file 126-PIL-36-25.odt). Decided April 29, 2025. Coram: Nitin W. Sambre and Mrs Vrushali V. Joshi, JJ. Petitioner: Prakruti Foundation, Chandrapur (through President Deepak Bharatsingh Dixit) and another; counsel M. I. Dhatrak. Respondents: Union of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and others; counsel: N. S. Rao, Asst. Government Pleader (respondent Nos. 4 to 8, 12, 13 and 15); S. K. Mishra, Senior Advocate, with V. S. Mishra (respondent No. 14). Subject: grievance over change of user on forest land pending before the MoEF&CC Advisory Committee. Disposition: petition not pressed; disposed of with liberty as prayed; no costs. No statutes or precedent cases cited; no monetary award.
What did the court decide?
Liberty as prayed to the petitioner to pursue its grievance before the Union of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; petition disposed of without costs.