Supreme Court of India

Kapico Kerala Resorts Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Bench Rohinton Fali Nariman, Aniruddha Bose and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 10 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the distinctions sought to be made out by the appellants are not substantial and hence, we are not inclined to revisit the issues already clinched by this Court.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Environment – Lake and Backwater Islands – Protection of – The High Court, in a batch of cases, was concerned about the development of resorts in two backwater islands, by name Vettila Thuruthu namely, Vaamika and Nediyathuruthu, located in Vembanad lake – The High Court, first in a batch of writ petitions and then in a batch of review petitions, prohibited projects proponents from carrying on the activity of development of resorts on basis of Kerala Coastal Zone Management Plan and the Regulation Zone Notifications – Also, the Supreme Court had dismissed the two special leave petitions filed…

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