Rashid Noor Khan vs Principal Chief Conservator of Forest

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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 3384

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)
Sheo Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, Vijay Kulkarni, Expert Member
Rashid Noor Khan – Appellant
Versus
Principal Chief Conservator of Forest – Respondent

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

Table of Content
1. tiger habitat and corridor protection in chandanpura forest. (Para 1 , 2 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
2. encroachments and violations by jlu and others. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18)
3. joint committee site inspection findings. (Para 8 , 36 , 37)
4. prior ngt orders and walmi defenses. (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29)
5. maintainability and limitation objections. (Para 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35)
6. court analysis, directions, and disposal. (Para 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49)

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 Stat

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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 3384

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)Sheo Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, Vijay Kulkarni, Expert MemberRashid Noor Khan – AppellantVersusPrincipal Chief Conservator of Forest – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)
Sheo Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, Vijay Kulkarni, Expert Member
Rashid Noor Khan – Appellant
Versus
Principal Chief Conservator of Forest – Respondent