In an 83-page judgment, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday passed several landmark directions for protection of mangroves all over Maharashtra. The division bench of Justice AS Oka and RI Chagla held that there can be no construction activity within 50 m of any mangroves area as all mangrove land will fall in Coastal Regulation Zone-I category as per both the CRZ notifications of 1991 and 2011. Case Background The court passed these directions in a public interest litigation filed by
Bombay Environment Action Group (BEAG) regarding the destruction of mangroves in Maharashtra....

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