Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 442 · Decided 28 April 2023
In Re : T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 442 · [2023] 6 S.C.R. 635
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 202/1995
- Decided
- 28 April 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Rejected
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Environmental Laws: Mining activities beyond the distance of one kilometer from the boundary of the Protected Area, irrespective of the fact that such an area falls under the Eco-Sensitive Zone-ESZ - Permissibility of - Held: Some of the Sanctuaries, the ESZ areas are less than one kilometer, in some, it is as less as 500 meters or even less than 500 meters - Thus, it is clarified that even in case where the ESZ boundaries are less than one kilometer from the Protected Area, the ban on mining shall extend upto a distance
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