Observing that there are serious allegations against higher authorities, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed CBI to investigate illegal construction and felling of over 6000 trees at Corbett Tiger.
Earlier, the counsel appearing for the PIL petitioner contended that even after the said inquiries and reports, no effective action has been taken by the government against the “culprit officers who are the higher authorities of the government and the forest department”.
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Justice A.K. Goel, who served as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati and Orissa High Court, was elevated to the position of a Judge in the Supreme Court in 2014. Thereafter, he assumed the role of.
Pakhrau Tiger Safari: A three-person committee has been formed and instructed to make a report on the matter by a bench presided over by NGT s chairperson Justice AK Goel.