Supreme Court of India

M/s Vaamika Island (green Lagoon Resort) v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2013] 17 S.C.R. 965
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 8 August 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the directions given by the High Court are perfectly in order in the above mentioned perspective. ·.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Environmental Law: Vembanad Backwater (lake) in Kera/a - Having several c Islands in and around - The lake declared Critically Vulnerable Coastal Area - Considering the fragile eco­ system of the wetland, deterioration of water quality and damage to aquatic organisms and shrinkage of the lake, it was included in National Lake ConseNation Programme - 0 Coastal Regulation Zone Notifications issued as a part of Environment Protection Act, 1986 with an object to protect the coastal area from eroding and to preserve its natural resources - One of the islands Vettica Thuruthu, described as Coastal

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Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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