Bombay HC dismisses PIL against tree cutting for coastal road project
The Bombay high court (HC) paved the way for continuation of the work on the interchange at Tata Gardens in South Mumbai in the ₹12,000-crore coastal road project by dismissing the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an NGO which had secured a stay from HC on May 20 against the January 6 order of the tree authority which had permitted cutting and transplanting of 140 trees.
The PIL was dismissed after the NGO submitted that it did not have ₹60 crore to deposit in the court towards the security deposit decided by the judges based on the stipulation of Rule 7A of the Bombay High Court Public Interest Litigation Rules.
