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Mumbai Metro Line-5 update: Bombay HC issues directions for future projects involving mangrove clearance, orders geo-tagged mangrove patches and more

“It must be ensured that mangrove afforestation was not just undertaken but was done in a manner that meaningfully restored the ecological balance in the very regions that suffered degradation, rather than in distant areas where the environmental impact was negligible”

Case Briefs High Courts

Mangrove clearance; launch of dedicated mangrove website: Read key updates by Bombay High Court on construction of Mumbai Metro line 5

The petitioner sought Court’s permission for the construction of a depot at Kasheli for Mumbai Metro Line 5 along with Extra High Voltage towers and transmission lines for power supply which involved cutting mangroves and mangrove buffer zones.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Discontinuation of contract, without reasons, is arbitrary’; Bombay HC quashes MMRDA’s order terminating Consultancy contract for Mumbai Metro Lines

Clause 2.8.1(f) of the General Conditions of Contract, which enables MMRDA to terminate the contract without assigning any reasons, cannot be read to mean that MMRDA has a licence to act unfairly, or arbitrarily.