Supreme Court of India

T.N. Godavaraman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 11 S.C.R. 1091
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan, Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 8 August 2008

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons and in the light of the Affidavits filed by Siil, OMCL and State of Orissa, accepting the Reha- bilitation Package, suggested in our Order 23.11.07, we hereby grant clearance - to the forest diversion proposal for diversion of660.749 ha of forest land to undertake bauxite mining on the G Niyamgiri Hills in Lanjigarh.

Judgment, page 9

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