The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the felling of 95 trees in Mumbai’s Film City for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project, subject to compensatory afforestation, reported news agency PTI.

A bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a plea by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), seeking permission to axe the trees for the first phase of development of the GMLR project.

Senior advocate Dhruv Mehta informed the bench that the BMC’s Tree Authority had granted its approval, subject to the court’s nod, PTI reported.