Giridhar Kulkarni v. Forest Advisory Committee
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:6496-DB. Search terms: writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; withdrawal; PIL; GM-RES-PIL; Article 226 Constitution of India; Forest Advisory Committee; FAC recommendation 31.05.2021; Agenda-4; F.No.824/2020-FC; File No.824/2020-FC; Phase-1 clearance dated 24.06.2021; Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change; State of Karnataka; Principal Chief Conservator of Forests; Chief Wildlife Warden; KIOCL Limited; Ministry of Mines; NGT Original Application No.252 of 2024; NGT order dated 24.01.2025; suo motu cognizance; memo dated 13.02.2025; N. V. Anjaria; M.I. Arun; High Court of Karnataka Bengaluru. Primary research value is locating the parallel National Green Tribunal proceeding on the same subject matter; this judgment itself yields no holding on the merits.
What did the court decide?
Permission granted to the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition, in view of the National Green Tribunal having taken suo motu cognizance of the same subject matter in Original Application No.252 of 2024 by order dated 24.01.2025; the petition was dismissed as withdrawn, and any pending interlocutory application was held not to survive and stood disposed of accordingly.