Supreme Court of India

Vyakti Vikas Kendra India v. Manoj Misra (dead)

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Bench Satish Chandra Sharma and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh JJ.
Decided 22 August 2026

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion and findings, the impugned judgment dated 07.12.2017 is set aside along with all consequential and interim actions taken against the appellant herein.

Judgment, page 44

In brief

The appellant, Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, obtained DDA's permission dated 15.12.2015 and was handed roughly 25 hectares on the active Yamuna floodplain upstream of the DND flyway to hold the World Culture Festival from 11-13 March 2016. Immediately on allotment the appellant wrote to DDA on 14.12.2015 pointing out large quantities of construction debris on the site, and DDA on 21.12.2015 permitted its removal, confirming the site was already in a damaged condition; earlier expert reports of 19.04.2014 and October 2015 and the Tribunal's own order of 14.07.2015 in the Yamuna matter had likewise recorded the floodplain as degraded and the restoration directions of the 13.01.2015 judgment as unimplemented.…

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  • Manoj Misra v. Union of India

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