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Himachal Pradesh Bus Stand Management and Development Authority (hpbsm & Da) v. The Central Empowered Committee Etc. & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 1 S.C.R. 344

Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee JJ.

Decided 12 January 2021

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Environmental laws: Forest land – Diversion of fores t land for construction of bus stand and parking space at McLeod Ganj – Construction of the Hotel-cum-Restaurant structure in the Bus Stand Complex – Legality of – By order dated 12 November 1997, MOE permitted diversion of 0.093 hectares of forest land for constr uction of a parking space at McLeod Ganj in accordance with s.2 of the Forest Act – Another order dated 1 March 2001 was p assed by MOEF diverting another 0.48 hectares of forest land for construction of a bus stand at McLeod Ganj – In Apr il 2000, appellant-authority was

Authorities it was built on

1997 Dr. K. Ramulu and Anr. Etc. v. Dr. S. Suryaprakash Rao and Ors. cited by 43
2019 Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v. Union of India cited by 14
2013 Centre for Environment Law, Wwf-1 v. Union of India & Others cited by 5
2019 State of Meghalaya v. All Dimasa Students Union, Dima-hasao District Committee & Ors. cited by 4
2020 Hospitality Association of Mudumalai v. In Defence of Environment and Animals and Ors. Etc. cited by 4
2018 M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2024 Gene Campaign & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2025 The Auroville Foundation v. Navroz Kersasp Mody & Ors referred to
2024 The State of Telangana & Ors. v. Mohd. Abdul Qasim (died) Per Lrs. referred to
2024 State of Himachal Pradesh and Others v. Yogendera Mohan Sengupta and Another referred to

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