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NHAI alleges Environment Protection Act enacted at the instance of foreign powers, NGOs are anti-national: Karnataka HC demands explanation

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"The Act was passed by the Parliament not only for protection of environment but also at the instance of foreign powers....And many NGOs are filing such writ petitions at the instance of foreign powers," the NHAI affidavit said.

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"Many organisations in India calling themselves Environmental Action Groups such as Amnesty International etc are actively involved in attacking development projects and challenging government policies and notifications and doing anti-national activities," the affidavit alleged.

Interestingly, the affidavit said that "the fact that petitioner had quoted passages from books written by Duniway and Herrick shows that this writ petition may have been filed at the instance of foreign vested interest."

Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, who was heading the Bench, said that he had, in his 17 years as High Court judge, never come across such obnoxious arguments by a govt agency.

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