Supreme Court of India

Thomas Lawrence v. The State of Kerala & Ors.

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Bench R. F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 29 October 2020

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Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 – Original application filed before National Green Tribunal (NGT) – Destruction of Wetlands and 10 acre Pond inside Technopark Region, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala alleged – Order was passed directing District Collector, Thiruvananthapuram to take action – Present execution application filed – Dismissed – On appeal, held:Collector has passed an order pursuant to NGT’s order – Thus, the execution application filed before NGT became infructuous – Open to the appellant-petitioner to challenge the order of the Collector in accordance with law…

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