Bombay Environmental Action Group vs State of Maharashtra

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2018 Supreme(Bom) 1272

A.S.OKA, RIYAZ I.CHAGLA
Bombay Environmental Action Group – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Navroz Seervai, Sr. Counsel a/w Jai Chhabria & Ms. Shreya Parikh & Ms. Gulnar Mistry i/b. M/s. M.V. Jayakar And Co., Mr. Saket Mone a/w Mr. Subit Chakrabarti a/w Mr. Vishesh Kalra and Ms. Neha Joshi i/b Vidhi Partners, Mr. Abhishek Patil, Mr. G.S. Hegde i/b. M.V. Kini And Co., Mr. S.D. Shetty a/w Mr. Rakesh Singh i/b. M.V. Kini and Co., Mr. Kunal Chheda with N.R. Bubna, Ms. Lata Desai a/w Ms. Pallavi Divekar and Mr. Salil Dabke i/b. Divekar and Co.
For the Respondents: Mr. Rajshekhar V. Govilkar, Ms. Sharmila Deshmukh, Mr. S.S. Pakle a/w Ms. Pallavi Thakar, Mr. Musharaf Shaikh i/b. Ms. Kiran Bagalia, Ms. Geeta Shastri, Addl. G.P., Mr. Rui Rodrigues a/w Mr. Upendra Lokegaonkar and Mr. N.R. Prajapati, Ms. Uma Palsule-Desai, AGP, Mr. S.B. Gore, AGP, Ms. Pooja Tated & Ms. Raksha Thakkar i/by ALMT Legal, Mr. M.S. Bharadwaj a/w Mr. A.M. Sethna, Mr. Abhijeet Rane, Mr. Amol Desai a/w Mr. Avinash K. Jalisatgi,

JUDGMENT :

A.S. OKA, J.

MANGROVES

1. This Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerns the issue of destruction of mangroves in the entire State of Maharashtra. The word "Mangrove" is considered to be a combination of the Portuguese word "Mangue" and the English word "grove". Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants of tropical and subtropical intertidal regions of the world. The specific regions where these plants occur are termed as 'mangrove ecosystem'. These are highly productive but extremely sensitive and fragile. It is said about the mangroves that they are living life on the edge, with one foot on land and one in the sea. They survive in a harsh environment, adapting well to the scorching heat, deep mud and saltwater that would otherwise kill other plants. Yet they are tenacious and very useful for the environment. The occasion for filing the main PIL is that the importance of very tenacious mangroves for the benefit of the mankind is ignored and mangroves are being destructed in the State on a very large scale.

FACTUAL ASPECTS AND PRAYERS IN PIL 87 OF 2006

2. The first petitioner is a society registered under the Societies' Registration Act, 1860. It is the case of the first petitioner

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2018 Supreme(Bom) 1272

A.S.OKA, RIYAZ I.CHAGLABombay Environmental Action Group – AppellantVersusState of Maharashtra – Respondent

Cases Referred (12)

A.S.OKA, RIYAZ I.CHAGLA
Bombay Environmental Action Group – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent