Rashid Noor Khan vs Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest, Madhya Pradesh

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2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 330

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)
HON’BLE MR. SHEO KUMAR SINGH, J, HON’BLE DR. VIJAY KULKARNI, EM
Rashid Noor Khan – Appellant
Versus
Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest, Madhya Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Yashdeep Singh Thakur, Adv., Mr. Aakash Ambedkar, Adv., Mr. Rashid Noor Khan – In person
For the Respondents: Mr. Enosh George Carlo, Adv., Ms. Parul Bhadoria, Adv., Mr. Gaurvanvit Jain, Adv., Mr. Prashant M. Harne, Adv., Mr. Mehul Bhardwaj, Adv., Ms. Disha Chouksey, Adv., Ms. Gunjan Chowksey, Adv., Mr. Swapnil Chaturvedi, Adv., Mr. Shantanoo Saxena, Adv., Ms. Amrita Mishra, Adv., Ms. Diksha Chaturvedi, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Shrivastav, Adv.

JUDGMENT

1. Issue raised in this application is protection of Tiger habitat and breeding ground and to avoid the human-tiger conflict and to protect the forest land from encroachments.

2. The submission of the applicant is that the Chandanpura Forest Region, situated between Kerwa and Kaliyasote Dam acts as safety Valve in maintaining this delicate Ecological balance, is also a Tiger Habitat and breeding ground due to which this forest has been notified as protected forest and the entire Ecology is thus safeguarded or regulated by Forest Protection Act, Environmental Protection Act, Biodiversity Act, Wildlife Protection Act and the State being signatory of various international conventions, is bound to preserve, protect and conserve this forest region, alongwith its peripherial areas which are part of and forms the buffer zone for Chandanpura Forest Region.

3. It is further submitted that, due to continuous interference, disturbance, encroachment and destruction of Forest by Humans, the inhabitant Tiger are facing the danger of being forcefully removed from this Forest Region, and the Western Ringroad Project is the last blow to cut of and fragment the Tiger corridor, so that the mo

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2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 330

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)HON’BLE MR. SHEO KUMAR SINGH, J, HON’BLE DR. VIJAY KULKARNI, EMRashid Noor Khan – AppellantVersusPrincipal Chief Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest, Madhya Pradesh – Respondent

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)
HON’BLE MR. SHEO KUMAR SINGH, J, HON’BLE DR. VIJAY KULKARNI, EM
Rashid Noor Khan – Appellant
Versus
Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest, Madhya Pradesh – Respondent