Pandirao Mines And Minerals Private Ltd v. The Government Of India And ANR

911-WP-4285-2025.DOC

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4285 OF 2025 Panditrao Mines and Minerals Pvt. Ltd.

...Petitioner

Versus

The Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climates Change, Impact Assessment Division & Anr.

...Respondents

_______ Mr. Nikhil Sakhardande, Sr. Adv. a/w Abhijeet Desai, Ashish Venugopal, Mohini R., Karan Gajra, Daksha Punghera and Vijay Singh i/b Desai Legal LLP for Petitioner.

Adv. M. S. Bharadwaj a/w Ashutosh Mishra for Respondent Nos. 1 & 2. _______

CORAM:

G. S. KULKARNI & ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ.

DATE:

30 APRIL 2025 P.C.

1.

After this petition was heard for some time Mr. Sakhardande, learned senior counsel for the petitioner fairly states that the petitioner would withdraw this petition with liberty to approach the National Green Tribunal, considering the provisions of Section 16 (g) and (i) of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. 2.

Allowed to be withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. 3.

All contentions of the parties are expressly kept open. 4.

Needless to observe that the petitioner would be entitled to take a plea under Section 14 of the Limitation Act on the ground that the petitioner was bona fide pursuing the present proceedings, if any issue on limitation arises in the proposed proceedings.

(ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.) (G. S. KULKARNI, J.) 30 April 2025 Kiran Kawre