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This Public Interest Litigation was filed before the Bombay High Court at Goa by the Mulakh Khajan Farmers Association and the Goa Foundation challenging actions or omissions of the Directorate of Mines and Geology, State of Goa, and other respondents in relation to mining activities in Bicholim, Goa. The petition raised environmental and regulatory concerns involving agricultural and khajan lands allegedly affected by mining operations in the region.
Several interlocutory applications were filed in connection with the main petition, including applications by Surakshit Distributors Pvt. Ltd. and Vedanta Limited seeking to be impleaded or heard, as well as an application by a private individual as an intervener. The matter involved questions of environmental compliance, the role of the Goa State Pollution Control Board, and the conduct of M/s. Blueglobe Exports Private Limited and other mining interests.
The High Court, presided over by Justice M. S. Karnik, considered the petition along with the connected miscellaneous civil applications, examining issues of environmental protection, mining regulation, and the rights of farming communities dependent on khajan lands in Goa.
Catchwords:
public interest litigation · mining regulation · environmental protection · khajan lands · farmers rights · Goa mines · Directorate of Mines and Geology · Goa State Pollution Control Board · Vedanta Limited · Blueglobe Exports · Bicholim Goa · writ petition
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