Supreme Court of India

Krishnadevi Malchand Kamathia & Ors. v. Bombay Environmental Action Group & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 3 S.C.R. 291

Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 31 January 2011

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we have no hesitation to hold that the appellants are guilty of willful defiance of the orders passed H by this Court as well as by the District Collector and they have ft - KRISHNADEVI MALCHAND KAMATHIA v.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Contempt of Court - Allegation of damage to Mangroves and other vegetation of wet land in CRZ-1 area, in willful disobedience of court order - Held: Under the garb of repairing the old bund, the appellants constructed a sort of pukka bund using boulders and debris a/ongwith a huge platform, violating the norms of environmental law and in p flagrant violation and utter disregard of orders passed by the courts and the District Collector - The appellants knowingly and purposely damaged the mangroves and other vegetation, which could not have been disturbed - Mangrove forests are of great

Authorities it was built on

2006 M. Meenakshi and Ors. v. Metadin Agarwal(d) by Lrs. and Ors. cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

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2022 Central Warehousing Corporation v. Adani Ports Special Economic Zone Limited (apsezl) and Others referred to
2021 Amazon.com Nv Investment Holdings Llc v. Future Retail Limited & Ors. referred to
2019 Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board v. Sterlite Industries (i) Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2013 Board of Trustees of Port of Kandla v. Hargovind Jasraj & Anr. referred to
2020 Ratnagiri Nagar Parishad v. Gangaram Narayan Ambekar & Ors. mentioned
2017 Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority v. Pradip Kumar Ghosh & Others not applicable

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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