T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs Union Of India & Ors on 6 July, 2011
That there shall be a total freeze on the destruction
and cutting of mangroves in the entire State of
Maharashtra. We take note of the fact that in T.N.
Godavarman Thirumulkpad vs. Union of India and
Ors. etc. [Writ Petition (C )No. 202 of 1995 and 171
of 1996], an affidavit was filed on behalf of the State
of Maharashtra by the Chief Conservator of Forests
(Administration), in which on the basis of a report of
an Expert Committee, it was stated that in the
Mumbai Urban Area alone, 1,534 hectares of land
were, inter alia, classified as mangrove areas.