Goa Foundation vs. Union Of India

TEM NO.17 COURT NO.9 SECTION PIL-W

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

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 435/2012

GOA FOUNDATION Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA . & ORS. Respondent(s)

([ONLY IA NO. 6524/2020 IN WC-435/2012 IS TO BE LISTED] IA No. 6524/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION)

Date : 13-12-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Suroor Mander, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Bhavanishankar V. Gadnis Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv.

Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Ms. Bhavya Pande, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv.

Digitally signed by Deepak Singh Date: 2022.12.15 18:50:42 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Ms. Madhu Sikri, AOR Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR

Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv. Ms. Tanya Chaudhary, Adv.

M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Dr. (mrs. ) Vipin Gupta, AOR M/S. J S Wad And Co, AOR Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, AOR Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abrahama Roy, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Anand, Adv. Ms. Unnimaya, Adv. M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR Mrs. Sudha Gupta, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR

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

IA NO. 6524/2020 IN WC-435/2012

Vide order dated 14.08.2017, this Court had stated that the Expert Committee's Report will be duly considered.

This application has been filed by the State of Goa praying for permitting the applicant to carry out dump mining as recommended by the Expert Committee's Report dated 12.04.2015.

There is no opposition to the said application.

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We are, therefore, inclined to allow the State Government to carry out the dump mining activities in accordance with the Expert Committee's Report and specifically paragraph 6 that is containing the recommendation of the Expert Committee.

The application (I.A. No. 6524 of 2020) is disposed of in the above terms.

(DEEPAK SINGH) (ANJU KAPOOR) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH) w