Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
Aditi Rao Hydari misses ‘Heeramandi’ event after weddingBigg Boss winner Munawar Faruqui among 14 detained in Mumbai raidMrunal Thakur follows ‘grandma diet,’ believes in not skipping mealsSelena Gomez shares makeup-free selfies on InstagramDiljit collaborates with Saweetie for ‘Khutti’ Song, says ‘she just landed in Punjab’Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Richa, Ali Fazal, Farah, and more at KJo’s BashJamie Lever is ‘honoured’ to represent her heritage with Telugu debut filmJanhvi and Aditya Roy Kapur shine on the ramp for Kalki at Lakme Fashion Week x FDCII am fond of Kate Moss, says Diana Penty, about her fashion iconKriti Kharbanda, Pulkit Samrat share pictures from dreamy wedding

Kerala high court orders razing of DLF flat complex

Posted December 9th, 2014, 12:26 PM IST

Kerala high court orders razing of DLF flat complex

Kochi: Kerala high court on Monday asked the Kochi Corporation to demolish the flat complex that has been built in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Act on the banks of Chilavannoor backwaters. The court also asked the DLF to stop all construction activities at the site.

Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai held that the purpose of law was to preserve nature for posterity. “If the violation of laws is allowed to continue, life will be in peril,” the court held.

“Nature which is the property of the nation cannot be allowed to be scrambled by a minority violating all laws.

The authorities are constituted under various enactments to see that the environment is protected and to ensure that the present topography which keeps the ecological balance is not disturbed,” it said.

“There had been lethargy on the part of Kochi Corporation in ascertaining whether the DLF obtained proper clearance before they were issued building permit.

Building permits were issued in violation of the CRZ notification, 1991, and the corporation had violated the law of the land by issuing permits in the CRZ area.

Any constructions made in violation of CRZ notification cannot be regularised,” the court observed.

The court was considering a plea filed by Mr A.V. Antony, Chilavannur road, Ernakulam, against the construction.

The court further observed, "the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution takes innumerable rights, including the right to enjoy nature in the present form.

Indiscriminate invasion of nature to the detriment of others is an invasion of right to life."

The court refused to accept the contentions of apex court lawyer Nalini Chidambaram that there was nothing to show that the petitioner had suffered any individual loss and that he could approach the tribunal for local self-government against the corporation for not taking action.

The court observed that environmental degradation was best protected by the people themselves.

"The petitioner, a citizen residing the locality, has come up with the petition pointing out the illegalities committed by the DLF and the latches on the part of the Kochi Corporation," it said.

The DLF defended its action and submitted that it had purchased 512.885 cents of land in 2006.

It was a dry and developed land which comes within the residential zone as per the structural plan for central city, Kochi.

They were given CRZ clearance in the 40th meeting of KCZMA. The Kerala State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority had also granted CRZ clearance to them.

Sharing

Photos
Latest

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: file_get_contents(): http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0

Filename: views/newsdetails.php

Line Number: 29

Backtrace:

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/application/views/newsdetails.php
Line: 29
Function: file_get_contents

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/application/controllers/News.php
Line: 135
Function: view

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/application/controllers/News.php
Line: 95
Function: newsdetails

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/index.php
Line: 315
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: file_get_contents(http://www.indiaaffiliates.in/ads.php?size=300X250): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found

Filename: views/newsdetails.php

Line Number: 29

Backtrace:

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/application/views/newsdetails.php
Line: 29
Function: file_get_contents

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/application/controllers/News.php
Line: 135
Function: view

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/application/controllers/News.php
Line: 95
Function: newsdetails

File: /home5/am2pm/public_html/index.php
Line: 315
Function: require_once

Opinion Poll
shambo shankara movie
Hit
Average
flop
Advertisement
advertisement
Videos