Bombay Environmental Action Group vs. National Highways Authority Of India

ITEM NOS.45+61 COURT NO.7 SECTION IX

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No. 29692/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 29-10-2021 in WP No. 759/2021 passed by the High Court Of Judicature At Bombay)

BOMBAY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

MAHARASHTRA MARITIME BOARD & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 143185/2022 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING, IA No. 143187/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES and IA No. 203199/2022 - VACATING STAY)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 20988/2022 (IX)

SLP(C) No. 7573/2023 (IX) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.)

Date : 01-05-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

20:47:02 IST Reason:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Ms. Sheetal Shah, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv.

Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Saket Mone, Adv. Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Pratyush Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Syed Faraz Alam, Adv. Mr. Devansh Shah, Adv. Mr. Atharva Gaur, Adv. Mr. Aayushman Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. (N/P) Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Digitally signed by BABITA PANDEY Date: 2023.05.04 Signature Not Verified

Ms. Chitrangda Rashtravara, Adv.

Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Adv. Ms. Manisha C., Adv. Mr. Samrat Krishnarao Shinde, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General M/s. M.V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Tavinder Sidhu, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shrinkhla Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Akshada Mujwar, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Parties in SLP(C) no. 7573/2023 will complete the pleadings by filing counter affidavit/reply within six weeks from today. Rejoinder affidavit, if any, will be filed within five weeks after service of counter affidavit/reply.

Re-list in the month of September 2023.

In the meanwhile, the respondents are permitted to file coloured photographs, which have been annexed to the affidavit in reply filed on behalf of respondent no. 4, within six weeks from today. The petitioners are also permitted to filed reply/response to the said affidavit within four weeks.

Notwithstanding the pendency of the present special leave petitions, the High Court may hear and pass appropriate orders on the applications/proceedings pending before it, on their own merits.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI) (BEENA JOLLY)

AR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)