Vanashakti vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change

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). 1164/2023

ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA, INDIAN FOREST SERVICE (RETD) & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s)

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Date : 03-02-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN

For Petitioner(s) :

Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satyajit Sarna, Adv. Mr. Prashant Padmanabhan, AOR Mr. Sudev Juneja, Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Prashanto Chandra Sen, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shibani Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Saksham Garg, Adv. Mr. Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Ms. Ayushma Awasthi, Adv. Ms. Himanshi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Ms. Shreepurna Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR Mr. Dipankar Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kishore, Adv. Ms. Kajal Giri, Adv. Mr. Balraj Singh Malik, Adv.

Mrs. Tannu, Adv. Ms. Bano Deswal, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR For Respondent(s) : Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Bani Dixit, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Pottaraju, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bani Dikshit, Adv. Bani Dkshit, Adv. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Umesh Babu Chourasia, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Pranab Samantray, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Debasis Jena, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Ms. Ishita Bist, Adv. Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Verma, Adv. Mr. Navneet Gupta, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.

Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv. Applicant-in-person Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR Ms. Aprajita Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Shourajeet Chakravarty, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Stuti Bisht, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Adv. Mr. Maitreya, Adv. Mr. Aditya Goyal, Adv. Mr. Ujjawal Kumar Rai, Adv. Ms. Esha Kumar, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Singh, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Chandra, Adv. Mr. P.P. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anantha Narayana M.g., AOR Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, AOR Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv. Mr. Kannan Gopal Vinod, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema,Adv. Ms. Limayinla Jamir,Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh,Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang,Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai,Adv.

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

1. Issue notice in I.A. NOS.115428/2024, 28902/2025 & 22042/2024. 2. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Additional Solicitor General of India states that replies to these applications would be filed within a period of three weeks from today.

3. She further states that a Status Report would also be placed before this Court by the next date of hearing.

4. We make it clear that until further orders, no steps will be taken by the Union of India or any of the States, which will lead to reduction of the forest land unless a compensatory land is

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provided either by the State Government or the Union of India for the purpose of afforestation.

5. List on 04.03.2025, high up on the Board.

(NARENDRA PRASAD) (ANJU KAPOOR) DEPUTY REGISTRAR COURT MASTER