T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. on 21 February 2008

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T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (I.A. No. 2016 of 2007)

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

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(K.G. 6ALAKRISHNAN, CJ., DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND S.H. KAPADIA, JJ.)

Environment Protection Act, 1986:

s.3(3) - Setting up of Central Empowered Committee -C In order to examine the cases of illegal felling of trees, prohibiting mining activities inside National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries and other forest areas and reguleting establishment of new wood-based industries - Committee constituted, as mentioned in the order - Term of office of CEC D would be three years.

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICITON: I.A. No.2016 of2007 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202 of 1995 Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India.

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G.E. Vahanvati, Sol. Genl. for India, R. Mohan, A.S.G., Harish N. Salve, (A.C.), U.U. Lalit, (A.C.), K.Amareswari, Ranjit Kumar, V.B. Singh, K.K. Venugopal, Shobha Dixit, Siddhartha''~. Chowdhury (A.C.), P.K. Manohar, Tapesh Kumar Singh, Dinesh Chandra Pandey, Ajit Kumar Sinha, Haris Beeran (for F. F . Parmeswaran). Virendra Parmar, Sunita Singh, Varun, Shefali Jain, Binu Tamta, Sushma Suri, Ng. J.R. Luwang, Riku Sarma (for M/s. Corporate Law Group), S.U.K. Sagar, Bina Madhavan, Hemal K. Sheth, (for Mis. Lawyers' Knit & Co.), Manish . Goswami, Ashok Panigrahi (for M/s. MAP & Co.}, s:· Balaji, G Lakshmi Jayashankar, M.L. Lahoty Paban K. Sharma, Rachana Srivastava, Rani Chhabra, Anil Kr. Jha, (M/s. Fox Mandal & Co.~. · J.K. Bhatia, Sridhar Potaraju, Pramod Dayal, Anil Kr. Srivastava, • Ritu Raj, Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, V.K. Verma, Ajit Pudussery, H

A G. Prakash, Suparna Srivastava, Manish Sharma, Rajesh Srivastava, Jitendra Mohan Sharma and Gopal Singh for the appearing parties.

1 . We have considered the suggestions given by learned Solicitor General and learned Amicus Curiae regarding the 8 constitution of the Central Empowered Committee. The composition of CEC shall be as follows:

The Order of the Court was delivered