what is the Aarey and CLW
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The Supreme Court, in a special hearing on October 7, 2019, ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to halt the felling of trees in the Aarey forest and asked status quo to be maintained in the area. Aarey, situated in Goregaon, is famous among nature enthusiasts for being the green lungs of the city.
The court also ordered the authorities to release people, arrested for protesting against the felling of trees.
It had admitted a Public Interest Litigation based on a letter sent to the court by a law student Rishav Ranjan, seeking a stay on the cutting of trees and the releasing of protestors.
The order came after BMC had already cut around 1,500 trees on October 5. The Bombay High Court on October 4 had dismissed petitions to declare Aarey Colony in Mumbai as forest and refused to stop felling of more than 2,500 trees for a metro car shed project, according to media reports.
The question of classification of the land as forest or revenue isn’t relevant in the matter due to the Supreme Court’s order of December 12, 1996 in the TN Godavarman Thirumulkpad vs the Union of India, according to experts.
In the order, the apex court had observed that the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, was brought in to prevent deforestation and goes on to add that its nature of land classification doesn’t matter.
“The Forest Conservation Act, 1980 was enacted with a view to check further deforestation which ultimately results in ecological imbalance; and therefore, the provisions made therein for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith, must apply to all forests irrespective of the nature of ownership or classification thereof,” the order read.