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Karnataka
Tree-felling: High Court notice to authorities
Staff Reporter
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Friday initiated suo motu a public interest litigation (PIL) petition on felling of trees in Bangalore based on a letter written to the Chief Justice by Justice D.V. Shylendra Kumar, a judge of the court, emphasising that the judiciary look into the issue.
Justice Shylendra Kumar, citing reports appearing in a section of the media about the plans of the civic authorities to cut about 1,000 trees to widen roads, had on January 6 written to the Chief Justice stating that it was time such matters were not overlooked by the judiciary “when the city administrators, who have the responsibility to take care and protect the trees, have miserably failed and statutory provisions were being practiced more in breach.”
Response
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice A.S. Bopanna ordered issue of notice to various authorities of the State and Central governments, including the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the City Police, while asking them to submit their response within two months.
Meanwhile, the Bench appointed advocate Vaishali Hegde as amicus curiae to assist the court.
It has been stated in the PIL petition that non-constitution of Tree Authority as per Section 3 of the Karnataka Tree Preservation Act has denied the opportunity for the public to question the permission to cut the trees by the Tree Officer and hence permissions granted to fell trees so far had become illegal. The petition urged the court to quash all permissions granted to fell trees.
Panel sought
The PIL petition requested the court to give directions to the Government to constitute Metropolitan Committee besides setting up a Tree Court, comprising elected members of the city corporation, representatives from voluntary organisations, etc. to give advice to the authorities.
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