💨 Abstract

The Delhi High Court admonished a forest department official for filing an application to transplant trees from a "deemed forest" for a flyover construction. The court asked the official to submit an affidavit clarifying if the area's status as a "deemed forest" was considered before filing the application, as the stretch in question is protected from tree felling. The court did not permit the official to withdraw the application without further investigation.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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