AHMEDABAD: In a relief to the Adani Group, Gujarat High Court, on Monday, disposed of the petition filed by a group of fishermen against the Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) seeking a stay on the alleged construction activity on creeks in the southern coast of Kutch.
A division Bench of Chief Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice MS Shah disposed of the application after Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) and the Kutch collectorate, in a combined report, gave a clean chit to the company ruling out that the three disputed creeks near Mundra were being filled by the company in a bid to develop Rs 7,500 crore SEZ.
The court refused to entertain petitioners’ claims that the report filed by GMB and collectorate could not be considered as ‘gospel truth’ ,since they too were the respondents in the PIL.However,the court assured the petitioners that it would constitute a committee to look into the matter, but it could not grant any stay on the construction work that is taking place in the SEZ.
Supreme Court and then Gujarat High Court, too, allowed the construction work in SEZ, but stayed the filling of creeks pending the PIL alleging the company of violating the environment norms as well as putting up construction in the coastal regulation zone. But, the petitioners claimed that the company was going ahead with filling activity in the Baradi Mata-2 , Kotdi-2 and Zharpara creeks and sought stay on construction as well as contempt proc e e d i n g s against the company for violating the court’s direction.
HC disposes plea against Adani SEZ in Mundra
9 Sep 2008, 0728 hrs IST,TNN
The government report exonerated the company after the Mundra Port officer, the resident district collector and GMB’s executive engineer of Morbi inspected the sites on August 18 and submitted their report denying the charges levelled by the fishermen. Continue reading ‘HC disposes plea against Adani SEZ in Mundra’
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