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

Court: Bombay High Court
Date: 2025-07-01
Citation: PIL/9/2019
Petitioner: SANTOSH DAUNDKAR
Respondent: SECRETARY MINISTRY OF INVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIRA PARYAVARAN BHAVAN AND 6 ORS.

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

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 N

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