Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 40 · Decided 19 January 2004
Essar Oil LTD. v. Halar Utkarsh Samiti and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 40 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 808
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 352/2004
- Decided
- 19 January 2004
- Bench
- RUMA PAL, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Wild Life Protection Act Section 29
Headnote
Wild life (Proleclion) Act, 1972--Sections 29 and 35(6)-Public Interest litigation petitions before High Court challenging grant of permission by C Stale Governmelll to oil companies for laying down pipelines through National Park and Sanc/UGJ)' in violation of the Act-High Court allowing the for beuerment uf wild life is required for des/rue/ion, exploilalion or removal of an wild life and not for des/ruction or damaging the habitat of any wild animal or depriving any wild animal of its habitat-However, permits cannot D be given indiscriminale~y--Stale Government must see that the
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