The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a announcement connected an exertion seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the authorities successful Sangrur for allegedly disobeying its bid restraining the felling of trees during operation activity.
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The Bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel passed the bid connected an exertion filed by Jasinder Sekhon and different applicants against the authorities and different respondents.
Appearing connected the applicants’ behalf, elder advocator RS Bains and counsel Aarushi Garg submitted that they had moved the precocious tribunal for restraining authorities from carrying retired unsanctioned nationalist works and felling trees, immoderate of which were implicit a period old.
This direction, initially passed successful the matter, was modified connected November 15, 2021, to licence operation of dividers, pavements, and laying sewerage wrong the metropolis of Sangrur, but strictly taxable to the information that “no trees shall beryllium felled successful the process”.
The applicants alleged that 17 mature trees were felled connected April 7 wrong connected the Sangrur Civil Hospital premises to marque abstraction for an further building. This was successful blatant usurpation of the HC information against histrion felling. Photographs showing the grade of harm were besides annexed with the contempt plea.
It was further contended that a practice was made by the applicant to the SDM, Sangrur, pointing retired the violation. Citing an earlier contempt lawsuit pending earlier the HC, the petitioners submitted that the respondents person repeatedly violated judicial orders connected the pretext of “development”. The substance volition present travel up for further proceeding connected July 23.
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