Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 413 · Decided 2 July 2013
Association for Environment Protection v. State of Kerala and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 413 · [2013] 7 S.C.R. 352
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4941/2013
- Decided
- 2 July 2013
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/A, 1950: c Arts. 48-A and 51-A(g) read with Art. 21 - Protection and improvement of environment including forests, rivers, lakes and wildlife - Held: The constitutional mandate and the "doctrine of public trust" enjoins upon the Government to protect the resources public rather 0 than to permit their use for private ownership or commercial exploitation to satisfy the greed of few - In the instant case, execution of the project, including construction of restaurant on the bank of river, is ex- facie contrary to the mandate of G.O. dated 13.1.1978, which
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