SC Expresses Concern Over Environmental Degeneration; Quashes Clearance For Tata Housing Project Near Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary

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6 Nov 2019 10:19 AM IST

  • SC Expresses Concern Over Environmental Degeneration; Quashes Clearance For Tata Housing Project Near Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary

    The most potent threat faced by the earth and human civilization as a whole which is confronted with, today, is environmental degradation and wildlife degeneration.

    The Supreme Court quashed the clearance obtained for a Tata housing project near Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary and observed that such projects cannot be permitted to come up within a short distance from the wildlife sanctuary. The bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra, Justice MR Shah and Justice BR Gavai upheld a Delhi High Court judgment that refused to permit the construction of a...

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