SANTOSH DAUNDKAR vs SECRETARY MINISTRY OF INVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIRA PARYAVARAN BHAVAN AND 6 ORS.

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Neeta Sawant Pub. Int. Litigation (l)- 51/2017 a/w.-fc PILS-40/2019, 81/2017, 9/2019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (L.) NO. 81 OF 2017 Jan Mukti Morcha ….Petitioner : Versus : State of Maharashtra & Ors. ….Respondent Alongwith PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 40 OF 2019 Pankaj Rajmachikar ….Petitioner : Versus : State of Maharashtra & Ors. ….Respondent Alongwith PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (L.) NO. 51 OF 2017 Bhagvanji Rayani ….Petitioner : Versus : State of Maharashtra & Ors. ….Respondent Page No.1 of 21 1 July 2025 Neeta Sawant Pub. Int. Litigation (l)- 51/2017 a/w.-fc PILS-40/2019, 81/2017, 9/2019 Alongwith PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 9 OF 2019 Santosh Daundkar ….Petitioner : Versus : Secretary, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhavan & 6 Ors. ….Respondents Mr. Sunip Sen, Senior Advocate with Ms. Rujuta Patil and Mr. Yohaan Shah i/b Negandhi Shah & Himayatullah, for Petitioner in PIL/40/2019. Dr. Uday Warunjikar, for Petitioner in PIL(L)/81/2017. Mr. Darius J. Khambata, Senior Advocate with Mr. Joel Carlos i/b Mr. Yogesh Patil & Mr. Tushar Hathiramani, for Respondent No. 3 in PIL(L)/51/2017, PIL/40/2019, PIL(L)/81/2017 & for Respondent No. 7 in PIL/9/2019. Smt. P.H. Kantharia, Govt. Pleader with Mrs. Jyoti Chavan, Addl. GP for State-Respondent No. 1 in PIL(L)/51/2017, PIL/9/2019. Smt. Jyoti Chavan, Addl. GP for State, Respondent No. 1 in PIL(L)/81/2017. Mr. Milind More, Addl. GP for State, Respondent No. 1 in PIL/40/2019. Mr. A.Y. Sakhare, Senior Advocate with Ms. Chaitalee Deochake i/b Ms. Komal R. Punjabi, for MCGM, Respondent No. 2 in PIL/40/2019 & PIL(L)/81/2017 and for Respondent No. 1 & 5 in PIL(L)/51/2017. Mr. Vishal Kanade i/b Ms. Jaya Bagwe, for MC