Thread by @barandbench

#SupremeCourt to hear a plea against the dismissal of a petition by the NGT which raised issues of anthropogenic pressures and over-exploitation of the Sambhar Lake which led to the mass death of over
18,000 migratory birds in the Sambhar Lake in November, 2019

NGT had dismissed the plea stating it was similar to a suo motu case the tribunal was hearing. However, the plea in #supremecourt contends that the case is different.

Plea highlights violation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, 1971, to which India is a signatory. The said enactment mandates ‘wise’ use of wetlands and special protection of Wetlands that have been designated as a ‘Ramsar’ site #supremecourt

Justice L Nageswara Rao: file the order in the OA 1020/2019 disposing off the plea. List after a week

#supremecourt