Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Felling Of Trees In Delhi 'Ridge' Forest; Issues Contempt Notices To Officials
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Felling Of Trees In Delhi 'Ridge' Forest; Issues Contempt Notices To Officials

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notices for initiating contempt proceedings against government officials for the rampant felling of trees in Delhi's Ridge Forest area in violation of its previous orders in M.C. The petitioners contended that the Ridge which is the only forest region left in the National Captial of Delhi has been subjected to the illegal felling of the trees by the Delhi Development Authorities to construct 10.525 km long approach roads from the main Chattarpur Road to SAARC University, CAPFIMS and other establishments at Maidangarhi, Sayurpur and Satbari areas of Delhi. It is a pity that neither the Central Government nor the N.C.T, Delhi Administration has ever applied its mind towards maintaining the Ridge……….” However it is the contention of the petitioners that during the hearing of the above applications, the DDA failed to informed the Court that the felling has already taken place even before the Court could pass any orders on such applications. It may be noted that repeated concerns have been shown by the Top Court and the Delhi High Court over the illegal destruction of Delhi's sole forest regions providing natural oxygen to the Captial.

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Delhi Preservation Of Trees Act | Supreme Court Stops Felling Of More Than 50 Trees Without CEC Approval, Orders Tree Census In Delhi
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4 days, 2 hours ago

Delhi Preservation Of Trees Act | Supreme Court Stops Felling Of More Than 50 Trees Without CEC Approval, Orders Tree Census In Delhi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that whenever Tree Officers grant permission to fell 50 or more trees under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 the permission must be approved by the CEC before it is acted upon. “We therefore direct that whenever permission is granted by the tree officer for felling of 50 or more trees in accordance …

No Pruning Of Trees Till Forest Department Has SOP On Compliance Under DPTA: Delhi High Court
5 days, 4 hours ago

No Pruning Of Trees Till Forest Department Has SOP On Compliance Under DPTA: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed all the Deputy Conservator of Forests to ensure that no pruning of trees is undertaken till the Department of Forest and Wildlife has guidelines or SOP to ensure that the exercise is done and monitored in accordance with the provisions of Delhi Preservation of Trees Act.Justice Jasmeet Singh said that in case pruning is …

SC to examine reasons behind DDA’s felling of 1,670 trees in Delhi Ridge area
1 week, 6 days ago

SC to examine reasons behind DDA’s felling of 1,670 trees in Delhi Ridge area

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the reasons behind the Delhi Development Authority’s decision to fell 1,670 trees in the Delhi Ridge area for a road construction project. The case concerns DDA clearing trees in the Delhi ridge area The court was hearing a contempt petition filed by Delhi resident Bindu Kapurea, which challenges the “illegal” …

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice Over Illegal Tree Felling In Mathura-Vrindavan, Asks UP Govt To Consider Amending Tree Preservation Act
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice Over Illegal Tree Felling In Mathura-Vrindavan, Asks UP Govt To Consider Amending Tree Preservation Act

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued contempt notes to owners of Dalmia Farm, a private land in the Taj Trapezium Zone for felling 454 trees in the area without prior permission of the Court. The court also requested the Uttar Pradesh government to consider amending the Uttar Pradesh Tree preservation Act to enhance the penalties and the amount permissible for …

Suprme Court pulls up Delhi body for not conducting tree census
1 month ago

Suprme Court pulls up Delhi body for not conducting tree census

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Delhi Tree Authority for failing to carry out a tree census in the Capital as required under the Delhi Tree Preservation Act. The court added that it will order the constitution of an expert body to vet every proposal for tree felling in the city, observing that DTA lacks the expertise to …

SC mulls setting up panel to vet permission for felling trees in Delhi
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1 month ago

SC mulls setting up panel to vet permission for felling trees in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday proposed to set up a committee of experts and said it would direct that the permission granted for felling of trees in Delhi would not be implemented without the panel's nod. SC mulls setting up panel to vet permission for felling trees in Delhi Referring to the depleting tree cover in the national …

CJI recuses from Delhi Ridge tree felling in case
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1 month ago

CJI recuses from Delhi Ridge tree felling in case

Hindustan Times  

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing a petition alleging contempt against Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena in his capacity as the chairperson of the Delhi Development Authority, citing a past association with him during a visit to Bihar jails. This contempt petition has already seen a rare confrontation between two Supreme Court benches earlier …

CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses self in Delhi Ridge tree felling case
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1 month ago

CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses self in Delhi Ridge tree felling case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: CJI Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing pleas related to the alleged illegal felling of several hundred trees in the Delhi Ridge area. Earlier on October 23, L-G Saxena filed an affidavit before the top court defending his conduct in the case concerning the large-scale felling of trees in the Delhi Ridge forest area. The Supreme …

CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses himself from hearing pleas related to felling of trees in Delhi ridge
1 month ago

CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses himself from hearing pleas related to felling of trees in Delhi ridge

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing pleas related to the alleged illegal felling of several hundred trees in the Delhi Ridge area. CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses himself from hearing pleas related to felling of trees in Delhi ridge Earlier, a bench headed by the then CJI D Y Chandrachud, since retired, had …

CJI Sanjiv Khanna Recuses From Hearing Contempt Case Against DDA Over Tree Felling, Says Happened To Meet Delhi LG At NALSA Event
1 month ago

CJI Sanjiv Khanna Recuses From Hearing Contempt Case Against DDA Over Tree Felling, Says Happened To Meet Delhi LG At NALSA Event

Live Law  

Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna today recused himself from hearing the contempt case against the Delhi Development Authority for the illegal felling of trees in Delhi Ridge. Earlier, the bench comprising former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the contempt case initiated against the DDA Vice Chairman for the …

'What Procedure Followed In Tree Felling?' : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Delhi Tree Authority & Officers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'What Procedure Followed In Tree Felling?' : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Delhi Tree Authority & Officers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Tree Authority and the Tree Officers appointed under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, in a plea seeking to prevent the Delhi government from permitting tree felling under the Act without prior permission from the court. And then we propose to pass some order.” He added, “Some mechanism will have …

SC agrees to hear plea seeking to restrain felling of trees in Delhi without its nod
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC agrees to hear plea seeking to restrain felling of trees in Delhi without its nod

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea seeking to restrain the Delhi government from allowing felling of trees in the national capital without the apex court's permission. SC agrees to hear plea seeking to restrain felling of trees in Delhi without its nod The application, which stated that five trees are felled in Delhi every hour, …

Supreme Court questions process to allow tree felling in Delhi
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court questions process to allow tree felling in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked what checks and balances are in place before permission is given to chop trees in the Capital, as it set out to examine the functioning of the Delhi Tree Authority and tree officers. The court was considering an application filed by Delhi resident Bhavreen Kandhari, who stated that DTA — a statutory body created …

Avoid repeat of Delhi Ridge tree felling: Supreme Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Avoid repeat of Delhi Ridge tree felling: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the “breach” committed by the Delhi Development of Authority in chopping down 1,670 trees in the Ridge area in Delhi should not be allowed to happen again, and proposed to put in place a mechanism to achieve this. More importantly, we need to see what safeguards we should put in place to obviate …

Felling of trees: What is being done to restore Delhi Ridge? SC asks DDA
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Felling of trees: What is being done to restore Delhi Ridge? SC asks DDA

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the DDA about the measures undertaken to restore the Delhi Ridge area, where several hundred trees were allegedly felled illegally, and sought the extent of plantation done by the authorities. SC asks DDA Observing it would introduce a monitoring system to ensure planted trees were surviving, a bench of Chief Justice D …

Delhi LG's Felling of Trees: Lack of Prior Permission, a Serious Violation
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Delhi LG's Felling of Trees: Lack of Prior Permission, a Serious Violation

New Indian Express  

Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court defending his conduct in the case concerning the large-scale felling of trees in the Delhi Ridge forest area. Saxena stated that he was informed about the incident of illegal felling of trees only after it happened, and he had not obtained permission from the top court …

HC notice to MCD Commissioner, North West district DCF over deconcretisation of trees
3 months ago

HC notice to MCD Commissioner, North West district DCF over deconcretisation of trees

The Hindu  

New Delhi The High Court here has issued a notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Commissioner and North West district’s Deputy Conservator of Forests asking as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for violating its orders by not acting against deconcretisation of trees. “Prima facie, I am satisfied that the MCD as well as the …

Supreme Court Directs Project Proponents Who Obtained Tree Felling Permissions To Submit Data On Compensatory Afforestation
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Directs Project Proponents Who Obtained Tree Felling Permissions To Submit Data On Compensatory Afforestation

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centrally Empowered Committee to call upon various project proponents that have received tree felling permissions from the Court to upload data on compliance with Court conditions regarding compensatory efforts. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih was considering the issue of enhancing the green cover in Delhi and setting …

Delhi LG not told that SC assent needed for felling trees: chief secy
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi LG not told that SC assent needed for felling trees: chief secy

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar has told the Supreme Court that lieutenant governor VK Saxena was not “told” about the need to obtain the permission of the top court for the felling of trees in the southern Ridge during his visit to the site on February 2. Kumar said that “to the best of his knowledge, none of the officers …

SC raps Delhi government for giving permission to DDA to chop 422 trees in reserve forest area
5 months ago

SC raps Delhi government for giving permission to DDA to chop 422 trees in reserve forest area

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court has slammed the Delhi government for granting permission to the Delhi Development Authority to chop 422 trees in the Southern Ridge's reserve forest area for the construction of a road, noting that it has shown lack of sensitivity over protecting the environment. "The Delhi government must take the blame for granting permission to fell 422 trees, though …

Amid row over tree felling, DDA says it planted 50,000 trees
5 months, 1 week ago

Amid row over tree felling, DDA says it planted 50,000 trees

The Hindu  

The Delhi Development Authority on Saturday said it has planted 50,000 trees and 5,50,000 shrubs in fiscal year 2024-25 so far across the city and is taking steps to ensure the saplings are nurtured sufficiently to achieve optimal survival. AAP distributes plants Earlier in the day, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the Delhi government organised a Vikas Sabha in Bijwasan …

‘L-G thinks he is a court’: SC slams Saxena, Delhi govt. on tree-felling in protected area
5 months, 1 week ago

‘L-G thinks he is a court’: SC slams Saxena, Delhi govt. on tree-felling in protected area

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 12 found that more than 420 trees were felled in the protected Delhi ridge area after Lieutenant Governor of Delhi V.K. A Special Bench headed by Justice A.S. Oka said not one among the senior officers from the Delhi Development Authority, or the Delhi Chief Secretary, had deemed it necessary to inform the L-G that …

LG role in tree-felling: SC calls out cover up
5 months, 1 week ago

LG role in tree-felling: SC calls out cover up

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday severely criticised Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena for granting permission to fell trees in the Capital’s ridge area despite a prohibition by the top court, and lamented that a relentless “cover-up” and “blame game” was going on over the illegal removal of trees. The Supreme Court on Friday severely criticised Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena …

Petitioners In Contempt Case Against DDA Should Not Be Harassed : Supreme Court To Delhi Police
5 months, 1 week ago

Petitioners In Contempt Case Against DDA Should Not Be Harassed : Supreme Court To Delhi Police

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday stated that no authority shall harass the petitioners who filed a contempt case against the Delhi Development Authority over illegal tree felling in Delhi Ridge Forest Area. It may be noted that the Supreme Court has taken suo motu criminal contempt action against the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority for illegally cutting the …

Petitioner Alleges Delhi Police Harassment in DDA Contempt Case to Supreme Court
5 months, 1 week ago

Petitioner Alleges Delhi Police Harassment in DDA Contempt Case to Supreme Court

Live Law  

The petitioner who filed a contempt case against the Delhi Development Authority over illegal tree felling in Delhi Ridge Forest Area has filed an application in the Supreme Court raising allegations of harassment by the Delhi police. Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan for the petitioner informed the Court that the Delhi Police has been making enquiries regarding the other petitioner, New …

Ridge forest case: SC issues notice to Delhi Police after petitioner alleges harassment
5 months, 1 week ago

Ridge forest case: SC issues notice to Delhi Police after petitioner alleges harassment

India TV News  

A petitioner, who has filed a contempt plea against the Delhi Development Authority over "illegal" tree felling in the ridge forest, moved to the Supreme Court alleging harassment by the police officials. The top court on Wednesday took note of allegations of harassment and sought a response from the Delhi Police on the issue. A bench of Justices Abhay S …

Delhi govt's fact finding panel visits area where 1,100 trees 'felled', alleges cover up
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi govt's fact finding panel visits area where 1,100 trees 'felled', alleges cover up

The Hindu  

The fact finding committee of the Delhi Government on July 9 visited Satbari in southern Ridge area, where 1,100 trees were allegedly felled without proper permission. The AAP leaders have alleged that 1,100 trees in the southern Ridge area were cut by the Delhi Development Authority on the lieutenant governor's verbal instructions. The party-led Delhi Government has constituted a fact …

South Delhi eco zone now a shrine to 1,100 felled trees
5 months, 2 weeks ago

South Delhi eco zone now a shrine to 1,100 felled trees

Hindustan Times  

A 2.3km stretch of the Chhattarpur Satbari-Gaushala road, which is in the process of being widened into a six-lane road to extend up to the AIIMS-CAPFMIS campus at Maidan Garhi, is lined with chopped stumps, strewn bark and dead branches as haunting evidence of illegal tree-felling in the eco-sensitive zone around Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. The court observed that on …

Delhi Minister announces fact finding committee to probe cutting of trees in Ridge area
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Minister announces fact finding committee to probe cutting of trees in Ridge area

India Today  

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced the formation of a three-member fact-finding committee to investigate the order to cut over 1,000 trees in South Delhi's reserve forest. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that "a shocking incident has come to light" from Chhatarpur in Satbari that in February, the DDA violated all the rules and cut 1,100 trees without permission from …

Delhi govt forms panel over felling of 1,100 trees in Satbari
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi govt forms panel over felling of 1,100 trees in Satbari

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government on Saturday formed a fact-finding committee comprising three ministers and a secretary over ‘illegal’ felling of over 1,100 trees in Satbari area in the southern ridge of the national capital, PTI reported. A meeting was held at the secretariat over non-submission of status report by the Delhi Development Authority in a contempt case in the Supreme court …

Delhi Minister seeks status report on cutting of 1,100 trees in Ridge area
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Minister seeks status report on cutting of 1,100 trees in Ridge area

India Today  

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has ordered the collection of all relevant records and a status report on actions taken so far in connection with the cutting of 1,100 trees without permission in south Delhi's Ridge area. The NGO said it was necessary to take permission from the Supreme Court before cutting down trees in the Ridge area. On Monday, …

'Protecting Higher-Ups' : Supreme Court Pulls Up DDA For Not Giving Information On Delhi LG's Site Visit Ahead Of Cutting Trees
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Protecting Higher-Ups' : Supreme Court Pulls Up DDA For Not Giving Information On Delhi LG's Site Visit Ahead Of Cutting Trees

Live Law  

The Delhi Development Authority came under the fire of the Supreme Court on Wednesday for not giving information regarding the visit of Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena at the site where trees were cut in violation of the orders of the Court.The DDA Vice Chairperson is facing a contempt case for cutting down trees in the capital's ridge forest …

Were trees cut on LG’s orders? SC seeks ‘clear statement’ from DDA
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Were trees cut on LG’s orders? SC seeks ‘clear statement’ from DDA

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday warned it may issue a contempt notice to Delhi’s lieutenant governor as it hauled up the Delhi Development Authority over the culpability for the felling of 1,100 trees for the widening of a road in south Delhi, a move the judges described as “brazen damage to the environment”. But the bench said they appeared to …

Emails Indicate Delhi LG Directed Cutting Of Trees In Ridge, Come Clean On This : Supreme Court To DDA In Contempt Case
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Emails Indicate Delhi LG Directed Cutting Of Trees In Ridge, Come Clean On This : Supreme Court To DDA In Contempt Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi Development Authority if the illegal cutting of trees in Delhi's ridge forest was carried out based on the direction issued by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.A vacation bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a suo motu contempt case initiated against DDA Vice Chairman Subhashish Panda for the …

Supreme Court Delhi LG Ordered Felling Of Trees Judicial Review DDA Over Deforestations In Ridge Area
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Delhi LG Ordered Felling Of Trees Judicial Review DDA Over Deforestations In Ridge Area

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday grilled the Delhi Development Authority over felling of trees in Delhi Ridge area and sought a clear statement from its Vice president whether the felling of trees was done on orders of Delhi LG VK Saxena without court permission. A vacation bench of Justices AS Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the case where a criminal …

'Defending Lt Governor?' Supreme Court raps Delhi authority over felling of trees
5 months, 4 weeks ago

'Defending Lt Governor?' Supreme Court raps Delhi authority over felling of trees

India Today  

Coming down heavily on the Delhi Development Authority over the felling of trees in the national capital's Ridge forest area, the Supreme Court on Monday noted that it cannot brush aside "brazen acts" that led to the destruction of the environment. Perhaps within the course of the hearing, the vice chairman of DDA has become clearly aware that the court …

Criminal contempt notice to DDA Vice Chairman for felling trees in Delhi's Ridge
7 months ago

Criminal contempt notice to DDA Vice Chairman for felling trees in Delhi's Ridge

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Delhi Development Authority Vice Chairman Subhasish Panda for violating its order of not cutting down trees in the national capital's protected ridge area. According to the affidavit filed by the DDA vice chairman, a total of 642 trees were felled, of which 468 were on forest land and 175 were …

SC rebukes DDA for cutting trees in Delhi Ridge, says can’t trust it now
7 months, 1 week ago

SC rebukes DDA for cutting trees in Delhi Ridge, says can’t trust it now

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its sharp disapproval of Delhi Development Authority vice chairman Subhashish Panda’s affidavit that claimed 642 trees were cut in the Delhi Ridge without his knowledge, saying the top court “cannot trust the DDA now”. The Supreme Court was a contempt petition by Bindu Kapurea against DDA V-C Subhashish Panda over the felling …

Juniors, Contractor Did It : DDA Vice Chairman Tells Supreme Court In Contempt Case Over Tree Felling In Delhi Ridge
7 months, 1 week ago

Juniors, Contractor Did It : DDA Vice Chairman Tells Supreme Court In Contempt Case Over Tree Felling In Delhi Ridge

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it might initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the Delhi Development Authority Vice Chairman in the matter concerning the rampant felling of trees in Delhi's Ridge Forest area in violation of its previous orders in M.C. “Subhasish Panda, DDA Vice Chairman appears before the court and accepts that not only the trees on the …

May act against officials over tree felling at Delhi Ridge, says Supreme Court
7 months, 1 week ago

May act against officials over tree felling at Delhi Ridge, says Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its displeasure over the cutting of trees in Delhi’s Ridge, and warned that it may start criminal contempt proceedings against the Delhi Development Authority vice-chairman, directing the bureaucrat to provide in an affidavit details of the number of trees felled, the officials who gave permission for the same, and the time when the tree …

Tree felling in Delhi Ridge: SC notice to officials in contempt case
7 months, 1 week ago

Tree felling in Delhi Ridge: SC notice to officials in contempt case

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned the Delhi Development Authority vice chairperson and other senior officials in a contempt case involving the violation of court orders concerning the Ridge, and stayed further felling of trees at Buddha Jayanti Park in central Ridge and Satbari in southern Ridge till the hearing in the case on May 14. Issuing notice on the …

Delhi HC asks senior forest officer for details on sanctions for tree felling, afforestation
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC asks senior forest officer for details on sanctions for tree felling, afforestation

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Delhi High Court has directed the Forest department secretary to furnish a slew of information, including permissions granted by the tree officer to the DMRC, NHAI and the PWD, for felling of trees and removal of encroachments from forest areas in two years. HT Image The high court also asked the officer to give particulars and details of …

Man held guilty of contempt of court for chopping tree
8 months, 1 week ago

Man held guilty of contempt of court for chopping tree

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court has held a man for contempt of court after he cut down a tree in Lajpat Nagar on the basis of a “forged permission” from the Forest Department. Earlier, in July 2021, the high court had directed the Tree Officer and the Deputy Conservator of Forest to ensure that the trees at the location are not …

Delhi HC notice to officials over tree felling in South Ridge
9 months ago

Delhi HC notice to officials over tree felling in South Ridge

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Monday came down hard on the Delhi Development Authority vice chairman and the state forest department’s principal secretary, issuing contempt notices against the two officials over the felling of 1,100 trees in the southern Ridge to construct a road. The court was of the view that DDA’s conduct of cutting 400 trees on its land …

Court pulls up Delhi forest dept for destroying trees citing infra projects
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Court pulls up Delhi forest dept for destroying trees citing infra projects

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Wednesday reprimanded the AAP government’s forest department for destroying trees under the pretext of pruning and granting permission to fell trees without passing a non-speaking order saying that the department did not care about the environment. In that order, the high court had directed the government to not grant permission for cutting trees to individuals …

Delhi High Court blasts Ridge body over nod to projects in forest
1 year ago

Delhi High Court blasts Ridge body over nod to projects in forest

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Friday severely reprimanded the forest department — the third time this week — for approving the construction of an office building, Van Bhawan, and a new road in the Ridge area, ordering the work on both to be halted. The court said it wondered if the forest department’s Ridge Management Board was instead a “Ridge …

‘Will shut you down’: High Court warns Delhi forest department over non-compliance of order
1 year ago

‘Will shut you down’: High Court warns Delhi forest department over non-compliance of order

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court came down heavily on the forest department on Wednesday and directed it to remove concrete constructions surrounding trees in the Bikaji Cama Place complex immediately, warning the department that it would be “shut down” in case of non-compliance with the court’s orders. The Delhi High Court has directed the forest department to immediately remove the construction …

Forest dept must take steps to protect Ridge: Delhi HC
1 year ago

Forest dept must take steps to protect Ridge: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Dec 15 The Delhi High Court on Friday said the forest department must take all steps to protect the Ridge as it pulled up the authorities here for failing to notify its land as "reserved forest" in spite of earlier directions. Advocates Gautam Narayan and Aditya N Prasad, the amici curiae appointed by the high court in the …

Delhi HC Closes PIL Against Delhi Tree Authority's Functioning, Says It's For The Authority To Decide If Saplings Should Be Provided To All
1 year ago

Delhi HC Closes PIL Against Delhi Tree Authority's Functioning, Says It's For The Authority To Decide If Saplings Should Be Provided To All

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court recently closed a Public Interest Litigation relating to functioning of the Delhi Tree Authority, noting that a Single Judge Bench of the court was already in seisin of the matter. The respondents' counsel informed the court that the Delhi Tree Authority was functional and its functionality was being duly monitored by the …

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