JUDGMENT

Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI.

On 15 April 2019, this Court, while considering Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No 31178 of 2018, declined to grant interim relief in IA No 33819 of 2019. The reliefs which were sought in the application for interim relief were in the following terms:

"a). stopping all activities being carried out by the Respondent No-4 on the land in question inside Aarey Colony;

b). directing the Respondents to carry out the activities for setting up Metro Car depot at the alternative sites referred to in paragraph 3 of the present application;

c). staying the operation of the observations made at page 92 of the impugned order to the effect that Aarey Milk Colony area cannot be referred to as forest; and

d). any other order or further order or orders as this Honble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case."

2. Subsequently, on 7 October 2019, this Court, while entertaining a Suo Moto Writ Petition [Suo Moto Writ Petition (Civil) No 2 of 2019], passed an order recording the statement of the Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the State of Maharashtra that no further trees were being felled till the next date of listing.

3.