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Pusapati Lalitha vs The State Of Telangana on 12 November, 2024 cites

Virendra Gaur And Ors vs State Of Haryana And Ors on 24 November, 1994

"88. However, some of the environmental activists, as noted in The Environmental Activities Handbook authored by Gayatri Singh, Kerban Ankleswaria and Colins Gonsalves, that the Judges are carried away by the money spent on projects and that mega projects, that harm the environment, are not condemned. However, this criticism seems to be baseless since in Virender Gaur v. State of Haryana [(1995) 2 SCC 577] this Court insisted on the demolition of structure which have been constructed on the lands reserved for common purposes and that this Court did not allow its decision to be frustrated by the actions of a party. This Court followed the said decision in several cases issuing directions and ensuring its enforcement by nothing short of demolition or restoration of status quo ante. The fact that crores of rupees were spent already on development projects did not convince this Court while being in a zeal to jealously safeguarding the environment and in preventing the abuse of the environment by a group of humans or the authorities under the State for that matter.
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