Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation v. Union of India through the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change
Case brief
What is this about?
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation; vehicular bridge; Goregaon creek; Bhagat Singh Nagar; Millat Nagar Road; 36.6 m wide DP road; K/West and P/South Ward; CRZ Form-I; CRZ clearance; MCZMA 167th Meeting; Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change; Stage-I and Stage-II Forest Clearance; diversion of 0.2709 ha. mangroves; Mangroves Cell permission; compensatory afforestation Rs. 6,70,209/-; 444 mangroves plantation; Bombay Environment Action Group (BEAG); non-application of mind; public utility project; traffic congestion; Writ of Mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; PIL No. 87 of 2016 paragraph 83(viii); Rule made absolute; no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India directing the Respondent Authorities to permit the Petitioner (BMC) to execute the project of construction of the vehicular bridge behind Bhagat Singh Nagar across Goregaon creek along the 36.6 m wide DP road at the boundary of K/West and P/South Ward, Mumbai; Rule made absolute; no order as to costs.