Amit Maru v. The Secretary, Ministry Of Environment And Forests,

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.100 OF 2012 Amit Maru

...Petitioner

Versus

The Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests and Ors.

...Respondents

None for the Petitioner.

Ms.S.V.Bharucha, for the Respondent No.1.

Mr.J.S.Saluja, AGP for the Respondent Nos.2 to 4. Mr.Gaurav Joshi, Senior Counsel a/w Mr.Sahil Gandhi i/b Markand Gandhi & Co., for the Respondent No.6 and 7.

Mr.Rushil Mathur i/b Mulla & Mulla & CBC for the Respondent No.8. CORAM : V. M. KANADE & REVATI MOHITE DERE, JJ.

DATE : 22nd JANUARY, 2016 P.C. :

1.

None appears on behalf of the petitioner.

2.

Reply filed by the respondent nos.6 and 7 is taken on record. The grievance of the petitioner inter alia is that the clearance

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The respondent nos.6 and 7 have filed their reply and they have stated that the MOEF clearance is not required for construction of an Airport under the 2004 notification since the investment was less than 50 crores.

4.

We are informed that even on the last date neither the petitioner nor his counsel was present when the matter was called out. It appears that the petitioner is not keen in pursuing the petition. 5.

The petition is therefore dismissed for want of prosecution.

REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.

V.M. KANADE, J.