MUMBAI: The Bombay prime court docket on Tuesday puzzled the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) how it had granted blanket permissions to some personal and public our bodies to trim bushes on their premises. It said the civic body has to reconsider those permissions.
A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla heard an software by activist Zoru Bathena in regards to the indiscriminate felling of bushes beneath the guise of trimming them for monsoon.
The court docket used to be instructed the BMC has granted permissions to companies like Tata Power, Reliance Energy, Railways and Airports Authority of India. "You can't grant blanket permissions. Who will decide if the branches are dead?" requested Justice Oka. The pass judgement on additionally said, "If there are 100 branches on a tree and you cut 90, it will lead to permanent destruction." The judges said the BMC would possibly grant permission, however it will have to no longer grant blanket. permission. "There has to be application of mind," said Justice Oka.
Senior recommend Anil Sakhare, representing BMC, said,"Before the authorities are doing the work, they have to inform us. There is scrutiny available." But the bench pointed that the permissions aren't limited to a specific land. "See the kind of permissions granted! It covers the entire Corporation area," said Justice Oka.
Since the companies who've been granted permissions aren't ahead of the court docket, the judges allowed Bathena to amend his software to cause them to events.
A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla heard an software by activist Zoru Bathena in regards to the indiscriminate felling of bushes beneath the guise of trimming them for monsoon.
The court docket used to be instructed the BMC has granted permissions to companies like Tata Power, Reliance Energy, Railways and Airports Authority of India. "You can't grant blanket permissions. Who will decide if the branches are dead?" requested Justice Oka. The pass judgement on additionally said, "If there are 100 branches on a tree and you cut 90, it will lead to permanent destruction." The judges said the BMC would possibly grant permission, however it will have to no longer grant blanket. permission. "There has to be application of mind," said Justice Oka.
Senior recommend Anil Sakhare, representing BMC, said,"Before the authorities are doing the work, they have to inform us. There is scrutiny available." But the bench pointed that the permissions aren't limited to a specific land. "See the kind of permissions granted! It covers the entire Corporation area," said Justice Oka.
Since the companies who've been granted permissions aren't ahead of the court docket, the judges allowed Bathena to amend his software to cause them to events.
You can't grant blanket nod to trim trees: HC
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