HC quashes denotification 260 acres of forest area in Shivamogga district
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‘State could not have exercised its statutory power without approval from the Centre’
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‘State could not have exercised its statutory power without approval from the Centre’
In a setback to the State government, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday quashed the notification issued in 2017 denotifying 260 acres of forest area in Shivamogga district purportedly for rehabilitating people affected from Linganamakki dam project area in 1960.
The court set aside the notification, issued on February 23, 2017 under Section 28 of the Karnataka Forest Act, 1963, while holding that the State government could not have exercised its statutory power without the prior approval from the Central government under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
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Court say law did not mandate NHAI to get prior green clearance for widening stretch from Belagavi to Goa border
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Court say law did not mandate NHAI to get prior green clearance for widening stretch from Belagavi to Goa border
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday declared that there was no need for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take prior environmental clearance for widening of national highway-4A from Belagavi in Karnataka to Goa border.
The court, however, said the work of widening can be continued only after the Union government extends the validity of its in-principle approval granted earlier under the Forest Conservation Act or grants a fresh approval as the validity of the approval expired on December 31, 2020. Also, the court held that no material has been placed before it to establish that stretches of NH-4A in Karnataka and Goa have been “artificially divided” to bring length of the hig
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to study the report prepared by Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) before coming out with an .