Stop All Reclamation Work For Coastal Road Project, Says Bombay HC; Directs BMC To Maintain Status Quo [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM or the BMC) to stop all reclamation work and maintain status quo with regard to the coastal road project for now. A division bench of Chief justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice NM Jamdar followed the Supreme Court's lead in environmental jurisprudence and the precautionary principle which flows...