Supreme Court – Daily Orders
In Re : T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs Union Of India on 6 August, 2025
ITEM NO.10 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 202/1995 IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION FOR 06.08.2025 “ONLY” [ 1 ] I.A. NO. 149686 & 149687 OF 2025 [Applications for Directions & Exemption from filing O.T. filed by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate] IN RE: VIKRAM SINGH SHEKHAWAT PARTNER RADHE GOVIND MARBLES AND [ 2 ] I. A. NO. 132125 OF 2025 [Application for Impleadment filed by Mr. Vishnu Kant, Advocate] WITH I. A. NO. 132266 OF 2025 [Application for Directions filed by Mr. Vishnu Kant, Advocate] IN WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 171 OF 1996 IN RE : MOHINDER SINGH & ORS. AND [ 3 ] I.A. NOS. 167008 & 167010 OF 2025 (Applications for Impleadment and Directions in filed by Ms. Rani Mishra, Advocate) IN RE: SANJAY KUMAR AND [ 4 ] I. A. NO. 280902 OF 2024 [Application for Directions filed by Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, Advocate] AND I. A. NO. 91650 & 91651 OF 2025 [Application for bringing on record subsequent events and filing additional documents alongwith application for Exemption from filing O.T. of Ms. Purnima Krishna, Advocate] AND I. A. NO. 152465 OF 2025 [CEC REPORT NO. 30 OF 2025] IN RE : TAMIL NADU WATER SUPPLY DRAINAGE BOARD, THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND [ 5 ] ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 18.03.2025 PASSED IN W.P. (C)NO. 13381 OF 1984 AND I. A. NO. 140084 OF 2025 [Application for Exemption from filing O.T. in Affidavit] AND [ 6 ] I.A. NO. 117204 OF 2024 (CEC REPORT NO. 5 OF 2024-Status Report in Delhi Ridge) IN RE : MINISTRY OF FINANCE IN RE : DELHI RIDGE AND [ 6 (a) ] ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 16.04.2025 PASSED IN W.P. (C)NO. 4677 OF 1985 AND [ 7 ] I.A. NO. 156703 OF 2024 [Application for Impleadment filed by Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Advocate] AND I.A. NO. 156707 & 156710 OF 2024 [Application for Directions and Exemption from filing O.T. filed by Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Advocate] WITH I.A. NOS. 182429 & 182432 OF 2024 [Application for permission to file Additional documents and Exemption from filing O.T. filed by Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Advocate] AND I.A. NOS. 279970 & 279972 OF 2024 [Application for placing on record Addition Facts and documents and Exemption from filing English translation filed by Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Advocate] AND I.A. NO. 8102 OF 2025 [Application for Signature Not Verified Directions in I.A. No. 211378, 211725/2024 in I.A. 58031/2024 filed Digitally signed by DEEPAK SINGH Date: 2025.08.11 by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate] AND [ 7 (a) ] I.A. NO. 212089 OF 2024 16:32:19 IST Reason: [Application for Impleadment in I.A. Nos. 58031 & 58032 of 2024 filed by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate] AND I.A. NOS. 212084 & 212086 1 OF 2024 [Application for Directions & Exemption from filing O.T. in I.A. Nos. 58031 & 58032 of 2024 filed by Ms. Aruna Gupta, Advocate] AND [ 7 (b)] CIVIL APPEAL DIARY NO. 12516 OF 2019 AND [ 7 (c) ] SUO-MOTU WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 1 OF 2023 IN RE : SARISKA TIGER RESERVE IN RE : PAVAN SINGH IN RE : CHAND KANWAR IN RE : ANIL JATAV IN RE : M/S. RADHE GOVIND MARBLE IN RE : STATUS OF FUNDS IN RE : VAISHALI RANA AND [ 8 ] I. A. NOS. 79569 AND 79576 OF 2019 [Applications for Intervention and Directions] WITH I. A. NOS. 159670 AND 159677 OF 2019 [Application for Exemption from filing Official Translation] WITH I. A. D. NOS. 14261 AND 14262 OF 2021 [Applications for Urgent Listing of I.A. Nos. 79569 and 79576/2019 and Exemption from filing duly Attested Affidavit] AND I. A. NOS. 40599 AND 40624 OF 2023 [Applications for Intervention and Modification of Court’s order dated 12.05.2022] AND I. A. NO. 220675 OF 2023 [Application for Direction in I.A. No. 79576/2019] AND I. A. NO. 111336 OF 2025 [Application permission to file Additional documents in I.A. No. 79569 & 79576/2019 filed by Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Advocate] AND I. A. NO. 137276 OF 2025 [Application permission to file Additional documents in I.A. No. 40599 & 40624/2021 filed by M/s. Karanjawala & Co., Advocate] IN RE : SHRAMIK RICKSHAW CHALAK-MALAK SEVASANSTHA IN RE : E-RICKSHAW IN MATHERAN AND [ 9 ] I. A. NOS. 90595 & 90596 OF 2025 [Applications for permission to file Impleadment and application for Impleadment filed by M/s. Hooda & Co., Advocate] IN RE : B.K. SINGH – IFS (RETD.) IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 202/1995 “ONLY” ARE LISTED IN W.P.(C) No. 202/1995 “ONLY” ON 06.08.2025 AND THE NAMES OF “ONLY” THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN AGAINST THESE I.As. MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADV. [A.C.], MR. A.D.N. RAO, SR. ADVOCATE [A.C.], MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE [A.C.], MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE [A.C.] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR, SR. ADVOCATE [A.C.] MR. G.S. MAKKER, ADVOCATE MR. S.N. TERDAL, ADVOCATE DR. N. VISAKAMURTHY, ADVOCATE FOR S. NO. [ 1 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. ARUNA GUPTA FOR S. NO. [ 2 ] (W.P.(C) NO. 171 OF 1996) MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. VISHNU KANT FOR S. NO. [ 3 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. RANI MISHRA FOR S.NO. [ 4 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. SABARISH SUBRAMANIAN (STATE OF TAMIL NADU), MS. PURNIMA KRISHNA (STATE OF TAMIL NADU) FOR S.NO. [ 5 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. G.S. MAKKER (MoEF & CC), MS. NIDHI JASWAL (STATE OF RAJASTHAN) FOR S.NO. [ 6 & 6 (a)] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. NISHIT AGRAWAL (FOR DDA), MR. GUNTUR PRASAD (FOR CPWD), MR. M.K. MARORIA (FOR GNCT IN I.A. NO. 117204/2024) FOR S.NO. [ 7 (a to c) ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MR. G.S. MAKKER, MS. RANI MISHRA, MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. PARUL SHUKLA, MR. MILIND KUMAR, MR. SHREY KAPOOR, MS. ARUNA GUPTA, MS. NIDHI JASWAL, MR. SHYAM D. NANDAN, ADV. IN C.A.(D)NO. 12516/2016 FOR S.NO. [ 8 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. MISHA ROHATGI MOHTA, M/S. KARANJAWALA & CO., MR. KRISHNA BALLABH THAKUR, MR. T.R.B. SIVAKUMAR, MR. AADITYA A . PANDE (STATE OF MAHARASHTRA) FOR S.NO. [ 9 ] MR. K. PARAMESHWAR (A.C.), MS. SHIBANI GHOSH, MR. SANCHIT GARGA (STATE OF KARNATAKA) WITH Diary No(s). 12516/2019 (XVII) [IA No. 68530/2019 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING, IA No. 2 68535/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 68538/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 220462/2024 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 68527/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPEAL) SMW(C) No. 1/2023 (PIL-W) [IA No. 282482/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 169820/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 169812/2025 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 128329/2025 – CLARIFICATION /DIRECTION, IA No. 128330/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 285430/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 169815/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 174013/2025 – INTERVENTION /IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 227339/2024 – INTERVENTION /IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 169819/2025 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 171/1996 (PIL-W) (IA No. 132266/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 132125/2025 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT Date : 06-08-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Mr. K. Parameshwar, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) Mr. M.V. Mukunda, Adv. Ms. Kanti, Adv. Mr. Raji Gururaj, Adv. Mr. Shreenivas Patil, Adv. Mr. Veda Singh, Adv. Mr. Prasad Hegde, Adv. For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Purnima Bhat, AOR Mr. Shyam D. Nandan, AOR Ms. Nandana Menon, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR M/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR For Respondent(s)/ :Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR applicant(s) Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR 3 Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, AOR Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Adv. Ms. Pratibha Singh, Adv. Ms. Shalini Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Anupam Bhati, Adv. Mr. Nakul Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Vikram Patralekh, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vivek Vishal Gautam, Adv. Mr. Lalit Mohan, Adv. Mr. Paul Kumar Kalai, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR Mr. Rajat Joseph, AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR Ms. Madhu Moolchandani, AOR Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Pranab Samantaray, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mrs. Nandini Gore, AOR Mr. E. C. Vidya Sagar, AOR M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mrs. Kanchan Kaur Dhodi, AOR Mr. Surya Kant, AOR Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, AOR Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Ms. Mehraj, Adv. 4 Mr. Vikalp Gupta, Adv. Ms. Urvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mrs. Vandna Beri, Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Shiva Pujan Singh, AOR Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR Mr. Bhavanishankar V.gadnis, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Vishwanath Gadnis, Adv. Mr. Sudarsh Menon, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR Mr. Rajiv Mehta, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Rajesh, AOR M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Abhishek Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Richa Tiwari, Adv. Mr. B V Deepak, AOR Mr. T. N. Singh, AOR Mr. C. L. Sahu, AOR Mr. Rajendra Sahu, Adv. Ms. Hema Sahu, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sahu, Adv. Mr. Narinder Kumar Verma, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR Mr. Rajesh Singh, AOR Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Chaman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Supriya, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kumar Solanki, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh, Adv. 5 Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv. Mr. Ishank Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Subham Rajhans, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Shukla, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv. Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Jatin Malik, Adv. Mr. Javed Raza, Adv. Mrs. Rekha Pandey, AOR Mr. Raghav Pandey, Adv. Ms. Gauri Pandey, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. T. V. George, AOR Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mr. Rajesh Maurya, Adv. Mr. Sudhir Kulshreshtha, AOR Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR Mr. Parth Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv. Mr. Youkteshwari Prasad, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Mata Prasad Pathak, Adv. Mr. Vijay Singh, Adv. Ms. Ambali Vedasen, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Tomar, Adv. Mr. Soumyadeep Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Mayur Raj, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Tushar Rawal, Adv. Ms. Shalini Satyanarayan, Adv. Mr. T.v. Surendranath, Adv. Mr. Ramendra Nath Makhal, Adv. Mr. Kirtikar Sukul, Adv. Mr. Richa Shrivastav, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR Ms. Rifat Ara Butt, Adv. Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Rathin Das, AOR Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. E. M. S. Anam, AOR 6 Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. Sudhir Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. A. N. Arora, AOR Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Ms. C. K. Sucharita, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Jitendra Mohan Sharma, AOR Ms. Malini Poduval, AOR Mr. Jai Prakash Pandey, AOR Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. K. L. Janjani, AOR Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. K. V. Vijayakumar, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Mr. Tarun Johri, AOR Mr. S. C. Birla, AOR Mr. Ram Swarup Sharma, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Shreyash Kumar, Adv. Mr. Harshit Singh, Adv. Mr. Yashwant Sanjenbam, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Nair, Adv. Mr. V. Balachandran, AOR Ms. Baby Krishnan, AOR Mr. P. R. Ramasesh, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Umesh Bhagwat, AOR Mrs. M. Qamaruddin, AOR Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Ms. Bina Madhavan, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. P. N. Gupta, AOR Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. 7 Ms. Abhinandini Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Mr. Anupam Raina, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Vikash Singh, AOR Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Ms. Sugandha Anand , AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv. Mr. Deeptakirti Verma, AOR Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR Mr. Vivek Jain, AOR Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Ms. Manisha, Adv. Ms. Rupali, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kumar Bansal, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar Gupta, Adv. Ms. Nandita Bansal, Adv. Ms. Chandrika Upadhaya, Adv. Mr. Aathrva Upadhaya, Adv. Ms. Rani Mishra, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. 8 Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Venkata Raghuvamsy D. , AOR Ms. Swathi H. Prasad, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Abul Kibriya, Adv. Mr. Aamir Hussain, Adv. Mr. Saalik Islam, Adv. Ms. Shreemoyee Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mr. Ajay Agarwal, A.A.G. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Aditi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Mr. Vijay S. Khamkar, Adv. Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Richa Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Shubham Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Jha, AOR Dr. Amandeep Gaur, Adv. Mr. S Ramamoorthy, Adv. 9 Mr. S Senthil Elangovan, Adv. M/s V. Maheshwari & Co., AOR Mr. Mayank Aggarwal, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, AOR Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Suman Kukrety, AOR Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv. Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR Mr. P. K. Manohar, AOR Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Mr. P.B. Suresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shoeb Alam, Sr. Adv. Ms. Parul Shukla, AOR Mr. Saday Mondol, Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Pandey, Adv. Ms. Debatmaja Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar Umrao, AOR Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. Aman Pawar, A.A.G. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Ms. Shilpa Singh, AOR Mr. B. K. Pal, AOR Mr. James P. Thomas, AOR Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. A. Karthik, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Mr. Anurag Tandon, AOR Mr. Aastik Dhingra, Adv. 10 Mr. Umesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Dr. Monika Gusain, Sr. Adv. Mr. B.k. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Hariom Yaduvanshi, Adv. Mr. Arjun Yaduvanshi, Adv. Ms. S. Harini, Adv. Mr. Avi Dhankhar, Adv. Mr. Vansmani Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Aahana Jaiswal, Adv. Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv. Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv. Ms. Tanya Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv. Mr. Omanakuttan K. K., AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR Mr. Vishnu Kant, AOR Mr. Irasis Acharya, Adv. Ms. Rajnandini, Adv. Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Sharma, AOR Mrs. Aishwrya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Baijnath Patel, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv. Ms. Eksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Nishant Awana, AOR Mrs. Rini Badoni Awana, Adv. Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Mr. Suraj Kundu, Adv. 11 Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv. Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv. Mrs. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv. Mr. Krishna Ballabh Thakur, AOR Mrs. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Aruna Gupta, AOR Mr. Ramesh Allanki, Adv. Mr. Syed Ahmad Naqvi, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR Mr. Yusuf, AOR Mr. Agam Sharma , AOR Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Satyalipsu Ray, Adv. Mr. Deepak Singh, Adv. Mr. Anuj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Priyal Sheth, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv. Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Anant Mann, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mrs. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Aditi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Vikas Kumar, AOR Mr. Gopal Balwant Sathe, AOR 12 Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR Mr. Kushagra Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anuj Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Akarsh Khare, Adv. Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Anuj Srinivas Udupa, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh K Verma, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Mr. Dinesh Chandra Pandey, AOR Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, AOR Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Ms. Shruti Jose, AOR Mr. Durgesh Ramchandra Gupta, AOR Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Aman Gautam, Adv. Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Mr. Atul Sharma, AOR Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR Mr. Chinmay Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Shrey Kapoor , AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, AOR Mr. Yash S. Vijay, AOR Mr. Sarvan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar Tiwari, AOR Ms. Vartika Maurya, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Alice Raj, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv. Mr. D.p.singh, Adv. Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR 13 Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Ms. Vidyottma Jha, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Rajan K. Chaurasia, Adv. Mr. Chinmoy Chaitanya, Adv. Ms. Chhavi Khandelwal, Adv. Mr. Dhaval Mehrotra, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Ms. Neha Das, Adv. Mr. Shivam Saksena, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bharti, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi N. Kaimal, AOR Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, AOR Mr Rahul Jain, AOR Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Nina Nariman, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Arjun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sarah Ayreen Mir, Adv. Ms. Sharanya Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Samarth Suri, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Gopal Shankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR M/S. D.S.K. Legal, AOR Ms. Shibani Ghosh, AOR Mr. Rishad A Chowdhury, Adv. Ms. Sohini Sanyal, Adv. Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Ms. Abhinandini Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR 14 Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Yatinder Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Singh Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Vidushi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Subham Bahuguna, Adv. Mr. Eshan Kumar Saxena, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR Ms. Ila Shikhar Sheel, AOR M/S. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, AOR Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Ms. Manika Tripathy, AOR Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv. Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv. Ms. Supreeta Sharanagouda, AOR Mr. Sharanagouda Patil, Adv. Mr. Jyotish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Yash S Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Vinod Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Ranu Purohit , AOR Mr. Ashok Gaur, Adv. Ms. Megha Karnwal, AOR Ms. Sakshi Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Thayrat, Adv. Mr. Avishala Singh, Adv. Ms. Adarsh Nain, AOR Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Sr. Adv, AAG Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. M.F. Philip, Adv. Mr. Karamveer Singh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Togin M. Babichen, Adv. 15 Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv. Mr. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, AOR Ms. Tanya Srivastava, AOR Ms. Seita Vaidyalingam, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Sujit Kumar Mishra , AOR Mr. Aldanish Rein, AOR Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Ms. Shraddha Chirania, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Kumar, AOR Mr. Ashish Batra, Adv. Mr. Manan Verma, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
[1} I.A. NOS. 149686 & 149687 OF 2025
1. The limited grievance in the present applications is that
though the matter is pending before the State Environment
Impact Assessment Authority (for short “SEIAA”) for permitting
the mining activities, the SEIAA is not considering the same.
2. We dispose of the present applications with the direction
to the SEIAA to consider the applications of the present
applicant(s) for the grant of mining lease strictly in
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accordance with law and as per the orders passed by this Court
on earlier occasions.
3. We expect the SEIAA to take a decision either way as
expeditiously as possible and preferably within three months
from today.
[2] A. NO. 132125 OF 2025 WITH I. A. NO. 132266 OF 2025 IN WRIT
PETITION (C) NO. 171 OF 1996
List on 08.08.2025.
[3] I.A. NOS. 167008 & 167010 OF 2025
1. These applications have been filed seeking the following
prayers:
a) Quash the impugned RFP dated 05.06.2025 floated by
OTDC for the Rs.91 crore tourism project within and around
Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary and its Eco-Sensitive Zone, as
being illegal and in violation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act
1972, the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986, and the MoEF&CC Guidelines on
Sustainable Ecotourism, 2021;
b) Restrain the Respondent State from proceeding with any
activity under the said RFP or related project, pending full
compliance with the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980, ESZ Notification dated 07.06.2017,
and the Eco-tourism Guidelines, 2021;
c) Direct the Respondents to place on record all statutory
approvals, if any, obtained for the said project, and disclose
the status of the Zonal Master Plan and Forest/Wildlife
clearances;
d) Direct the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to
independently examine the legality and ecological impact of
the tourism infrastructure and development activities
proposed or undertaken within and around the Debrigarh
Wildlife Sanctuary, including the role of the Odisha Tourism
Development Corporation and other concerned authorities17
2. The perusal of the application would reveal that the
process is only at the stage of request for proposal for
appointing an architectural consultant.
3. This Court has, time and again, prescribed as to what
activities are permitted in the Wildlife Sanctuary as well as
the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ). The authorities ought to be
aware of the orders passed by this Court.
4. At the cost of repetition, we direct that the State
Government, while finalizing the proposal for carrying out
any activities either within the Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary
or in its ESZ, should take into consideration the earlier
orders passed by this Court.
5. With the aforesaid observations, these applications are
disposed of.
[4] I.A. NOS. 167477 & 167479 OF 2025
1. Issue notice, returnable on 12.8.2025.
2. In addition to the usual mode, liberty is granted to the
petitioner to serve notice through the Standing Counsel for
the respondent/State.
[ 5 ] I.A. NO.280902/2024 WITH I.A. NOS. 91650 & 91651 OF 2025 WITH
I.A. NO. 152465 OF 2025 (CEC REPORT NO. 30/2025)
1. IA No. 280902 of 2024 has been filed seeking following
prayer:
a) Issue appropriate orders/directions and permit the Applicant
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for the grant of permission/Directions for Diversion of 21.92
ha of Forest land in Bevanurmalai Reserved Forest of
Pennagaram Range of Dharmapuri Forest Division for Raw
Water Pumping main, booster Pumping Station 110/33 kv
Substation and 110 kv Transmission line under Hogenakkal
combined water supply Scheme Phase – II in Dharmapuri
District.
2. This Court vide order dated 16.04.2025 had requested the
Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to examine the issue and to
submit its report before the next date of hearing.
Accordingly, the CEC had submitted its report on 02.07.2025.
4. The CEC, vide its report, has recommended granting
permission for the felling of 4021 trees of spontaneous growth
standing within an area of 19.05 hectares of forest land in
Bevanurmalai Reserved Forest, Pennagaram Range, Dharmapuri
Forest Division, subject to the following conditions:
i. The Applicant shall obtain prior approval of the Central Government
for diversion of the identified forest land admeasuring 19.05
hectares in Bevanurmalai Reserved Forest, Pennagaram Range,
Dharmapuri Forest Division, under the provisions of the Van
(Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980.
ii. The land identified for compensatory plantation shall be transferred
to the Forest Department and duly notified as a Protected Forest
under the provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, prior to the
commencement of any construction or project-related activity at the
site.
iii. The Forest Department shall implement the approved Compensatory
Afforestation scheme in accordance with the norms laid down under
the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016, and maintain the
plantation for a period of ten years, including the erection of chain-
link fencing to protect the site.
iv. The Applicant shall ensure that excavated material is spread only
within the forest area diverted for the project. Further, tree felling
shall be carried out in a staggered manner rather than all at once,
and all trenches shall be properly covered by the Applicant upon19
completion of the work.
v. After completion of the work, the Applicant shall secure the trench
by covering it with the excavated material. The Forest Department
shall thereafter undertake the plantation of suitable saplings at the
site. The full cost of the plantation, including maintenance, shall be
recovered from the Applicant in advance, and tree felling shall be
permitted only after such cost has been deposited. This will be in
addition to the compensatory afforestation to be done in lieu of the
diversion of forest land.
vi. The Applicant will seek prior approval of the National Board of
Wildlife for execution of this project as it falls within the 10 km
default Eco-Sensitive Zone of the Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary
(Hosur & Dharmapuri Divisions), Tamil Nadu.
vii. Wildlife mitigation measures, including the erection of the steel wire
rope fence over 23.5 km along the boundary of Bevanurmalai and
Masakkal Reserved Forests, as approved by the Chief Wildlife
Warden, shall be implemented in full prior to the commencement of
work.
viii. The user agency shall ensure that construction and operational
activities are carried out in a manner that causes minimal
disturbance to wildlife and does not obstruct the natural movement
of animals within the Eco-Sensitive Zone of Cauvery South Wildlife
Sanctuary.
ix. Compliance with all mitigation measures and safeguards
recommended by the Forest Department, State Board for Wildlife,
and other statutory authorities shall be strictly adhered to during the
execution and maintenance of the project.
x. The felling of trees shall be carried out under the supervision and
direction of the Forest Department, and limited strictly to the
number approved. Wherever technically feasible, transplantation
shall be undertaken in lieu of felling.
xi. In case of damage to any tree not permitted for felling, a penalty of
Rs.50,000 per violation shall be imposed on the Applicant in addition
to any other penalty that may be imposed by the Forest Department
under any local act rule.
5. We are inclined to allow the application(s) for diversion
of forest land, so also for the felling of the trees, subject
to the strict compliance with the conditions as imposed by the
CEC.
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6. We ,therefore, allow these applications in terms of the
prayer clause (a), subject to the condition that the State
scrupulously complies with the conditions as imposed by the
CEC.
[6] I.A. NOS. 28216 & 28217 OF 2025 IN I.A. NOS. 3864-3866 OF 2015
List these applications on 12.08.2025.
[7] ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 18.03.2025 PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO.
13381 OF 1984 WITH I.A. NO. 140084 OF 2025
List on 12.08.2025.
[8] I.A. NO. 117204 OF 2024 (CEC REPORT NO. 5 OF 2024-Status Report
in Delhi Ridge) and [8] (a) ISSUE REGARDING ORDER DATED 16.04.2025
PASSED IN W.P.(C)NO. 4677 OF 1985
1. We find that insofar as the issues concerning the Delhi
Ridge are concerned, several committees are currently
monitoring the issues. The authorities are required to seek
permission from several committees/Bodies for land diversion,
which, at times, results in conflicting orders.
2. We, therefore, direct the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to take all the stake holders on
board, including the Government of NCT of Delhi, the CEC and
the various Committees/Bodies appointed by this Court or the
High Court of Delhi and to come out with a proposal wherein
one uniform body can be entrusted with monitoring the issues
relating to the Delhi Ridge.
3. We grant time till 08.10.2025 so that the MoEF&CC can
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come with a concrete proposal in this regard.
4. We direct all the stake holders, including the Government
of NCT of Delhi and the members of the committees, so also the
CEC, to cooperate with the MoEF&CC to expedite the
finalization of the proposal.
5. We further clarify that no further time would be granted
to the MoEF&CC for submitting the proposal.
6. List on 08.10.2025.
[9] I.A. NO. 156703 OF 2024 AND I.A. NO. 156707 & 156710 OF 2024
WITH I.A. NO. 182429 & 182432 OF 2024 AND I.A. NO. 279970 & 279972
OF 2024 AND I.A. NO. 8102 OF 2025, [9](a) I.A. NOS. 212089, 212084,
[9](b) C.A. D. NO. 12516 OF 2019 and [9](c) SMW(C) NO. 01 OF 2023
alongwith IA D. NOS. 174013 & 185646 OF 2025, IA NOS. 169812 &
185511 OF 2025
1. The applications (IA D. Nos. 174013 & 185646 of 2025, IA
No. 185511 OF 2025 in SMW(C) No. 01 of 2023) for intervention
are allowed.
2. List these applications/matters on 12.08.2025.
[11] IA Nos. 90595 & 90596 of 2025
List these applications on 12.08.2025.
(DEEPAK SINGH) (ANJU KAPOOR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
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