Supreme Court of India · 2009-07-30
D.D.A. vs RAJENDRA SINGH .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2008/34723
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- D.D.A.
- Respondent
- RAJENDRA SINGH .
- Author
- P. Sathasivam
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court granted leave in special leave petitions against the Delhi High Court's order regarding the Commonwealth Games Village site, which was challenged for potentially being on the Yamuna riverbed. The Court emphasized the need to protect the ecology of the Yamuna, invoking the public trust doctrine and precautionary principle as part of Article 21 of the Constitution. The Court held that any construction on the riverbed poses a risk to the environment and directed that the ecological integrity of the area must be preserved, thereby upholding the principles of environmental law.