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2024 Supreme(SC) 301

SANJIV KHANNA, M. M. SUNDRESH, BELA M. TRIVEDI
Samaj Parivartana Samudaya – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Amicus Curiae : Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kapur, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv. Mr. O.P. Badani, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. N. Ganapathy, Adv. Mr. K.V. Sreekumar, Adv. Mr. Jayant Mohan, Adv. Mr. D. L. Chidananda, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Ishaan George, Adv. Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., Mr. Anantha Narayana M.G., Adv. M/S. Aura & Co., Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, Adv.
For the parties : Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Ms. Deepika Kalia, Adv. Ms. Manisha Singh, Adv. Ms. Adya Shree Datta, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Anurag Tiwary, Adv. Mr. Debadutta Kanungo, Adv. Mr. S. Hari Haran, Adv. Mr. Rajarajeshwaran S., Adv. Mr. Amaan Shreyas, Adv. Ms. Mannat Tipnis, Adv. Mr. Vikash Singh, AOR Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Miranda Solaman, Adv. Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, AOR Mrs. Sudha Gupta, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Bhargava V. Desai, AOR Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. S. K. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Ms. Shalaka Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra-I, AOR M/S. Ap & J Chambers, AOR Mr. Sunil Dogra, Adv. Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Mr. K. Raghavacharyulu, Adv. Mr. Kailash Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ranjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Krishna Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Mr. T.L.V. Ramachari, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, aDv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, aDv. Mr. T.N. Rao, Adv. Mr. S.S. Reddy, Adv. Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Dr. Sushil Balwada, AOR Mr. Nandlal Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Srilok Nath Rath, Adv. Ms. Reena Rao, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR Mr. A. Raghunath, AOR Dr. S. Muralidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Omkar Kambi, Adv. Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ayush P. Shah, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Adithiya S, Adv. Mr. Akhil Anand, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Niroop Sukirthy V., Adv. Mr. Joy Nirupam, Adv. Mr. Girish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pranav Giri, Adv. Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Narayan, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv. Mr. Jatin Lalwani, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Nagayach, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ishan George, Adv. Mr. Archit Jain, Adv. Mrs. Dr. Rukma George, Adv. Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, AOR Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv. Ms. Poornima Jauhari, Adv. Mr. Brij Bhushan Jauhari, Adv. Mr. K M Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Shubranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rajeeva Ranjan Rajesh, Adv. Mr. B K Satija, Adv. Mr. Pranay Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Maurya, Adv. Ms. Baby Rajput, Adv. Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Priya S. Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mrs. Vaijayanthi Girish, AOR Mr. Rajesh Mahale, AOR Mr. Kunal Verma, AOR Mr. K. M. Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. R Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Shubranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. T. S. Sabarish, Adv. Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Mr. Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Aakash Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Avirat Kumar, Adv. Ms. Aarushi Yadav, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Shubranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. S.K. Singhania, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sabarish, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Eeshan D Khaire, Adv. M/s. Lawyers Knit & Co, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Priya S. Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mr. S. Muralidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, A.A.G. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Omkar Kambi, Adv. Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ayush P. Shah, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Adithiya S, Adv. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, AOR Mr. Pulkit Tare, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Aakash Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Avirat Kumar, Adv. Ms. Aarushi Yadav, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. Raghavacharyulu, Adv. Mr. Kailash Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ranjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Krishna Yadav, Adv. Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, AOR Mr. Sameer Rohatgi, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv. Ms. Sonali Gaur, Adv. Mr. Ashwin Garg, Adv. Mr. Kartikey, Adv. M/S. Aura & Co., AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, AOR Mr. A. Raghunath, AOR Mr. Ishaan George, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Abdul Azeem Kalebudde, AOR Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mrs. Anuparna Bordoloi, Adv. Ms. Anusha R, Adv. Ms. Mythili Srinivasamurthy, Adv. Mr. Shivamm Sharrma, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. S. N. Bhat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar D. S., Adv. Mr. Ishan Roy Chowdhury, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR

ORDER :

1. The present applications relate to mining activities being undertaken in Districts - Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur in Karnataka.

2. In 2009, the petitioner - Samaj Parivartana Samudaya had filed a writ petition praying for this Court’s intervention on grounds of the illegality of such mining activities and consequent harm caused to the environment. This Court intervened and has passed several directions and orders.

3. To avoid prolixity, we will not be referring to the catena of orders passed by this Court in depth and detail. However, to appreciate the present applications, we have summarized the relevant developments below :

    • The genesis of the Central Empowered Committee,1[For short, “CEC”.] goes back to this Court’s order dated 09.09.2002 in “T.N. Godavarman Thirumalpad v. Union of India & Ors.”, where the Court was concerned with the rampant pilferage and illegal extraction of natural resources, particularly iron ore, and the environmental degradation and disaster that may have resulted from unchecked intrusion into the forest areas.

    • The CEC was constituted to monitor the situation, implement this Courts’ orders, and delineate the steps to be taken.

    • On 19.11.2010,

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