M C MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Has the situation (optimization of land and ecological degradation in an area admeasuring approximately 448 sq. kms. in the Aravalli Hill Range falling in the Districts of Faridabad and Gurgaon including Mewat) predicted in para 89 of the Judgment in M. C. Mehta (2004) 12 SCC 118 case come about so as to warrant total stoppage of mining activity as stated in para 96(6) of the said judgment; and if so, what should be the duration of such ban/stoppage

(2.) In this connection, at the very outset, we quote paras 89 and 96(6) of the said judgment, which read as follows :

(3.) History of the relevant Orders passed by this Court :