The Bombay High Court single bench of Justice Bharti Dangre held although there might be an impression that with the legal termination of the arbitral tribunal s mandate upon the expiration of one.
The NHSRCL claimed to have received all requisite sanctions and approvals from statutory authorities to go ahead with the project in the event the high Court permits the felling of mangrove trees.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja allowed the plea filed by the National High Speed Rail Corporation seeking permission to cut the mangrove trees, owing to the project's "public importance".