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Aarey: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against tree felling on Friday
Updated On: 28 July, 2022 12:17 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The apex court in 2019 had taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of a letter petition addressed to the Chief Justice of India by law student Rishav Ranjan seeking a stay on felling of trees in the colony.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea challenging the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for a Metro car shed. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant said it would take up the plea after senior advocate Gopal Shankarnarayan mentioned the matter.
Shankarnarayan said cutting of trees is going on overnight despite the stay order earlier.
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