- 23 September 2019. Adjourned by one week.
- 4 October 2019. Delay condoned. Issue notice.
- 26 February 2020. Ld. Counsel for the appellant to take fresh steps for effecting service on respondent No.1 within two weeks. Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent Nos.2 to 4 has been filed on 19.12.2019, however, counter affidavit has not been filed till today. Ld. Counse l for respondent Nos.2 to 4 seeks four weeks' more time to file c
- 17 September 2020. Respondent nos. 2 to 4 have failed to file counter affidavit in terms of Order V, Rule 1(22), Supreme Court Rules, 2013. However, ld. Counsel for the respondents submits that due to Covid 19 Pandemic counter affidavit could not be filed and seeks two weeks time. Granted, strictly as a last chance. Ld. Counsel for the a
- 19 November 2020. Ld. Counsel for the appellant to take fresh steps alongwith fresh particulars of respondent No.1 within two weeks. Despite last opportunity having been granted, respondent Nos.2 to 4 have not filed counter affidavit, as such, further opportunity to file counter affidavit stands declined.
- 17 December 2020. Delay in filing spare copy in respect of respondent no.1 is condoned. Ld. Counsel for the appellant to furnish fresh particulars to effect service on respondent no.1 within two weeks time, as last opportunity. Opportunity to respondent nos. 2 to 4 to file counter affidavit has already been declined.
- 27 January 2021. Ld. Counsel for the appellant to take fresh steps alongwith fresh particulars to effect service on respondent no.1 within two weeks time. Opportunity to respondent nos. 2 to 4 to file counter affidavit has already been declined.
- 2 March 2021. Delay in filing fresh particulars alongwith spare copy in respect of respondent no.1 is condoned. Issue notice immediately. Ld. counsel for the petitioner has requested for dasti service. Dasti in addition is allowed. List again on 13.4.2021.
- 13 April 2021. Opportunity to respondent nos. 2 to 4 to file counter affidavit has already been declined Ld. counsel for the appellant is granted four weeks time for filing affidavit of dasti service in respect of respondent no.1. List again on 9.7.2021.
- 8 August 2022. Issue notice. Tag with C.A. No. 7967 of 2019.
- 16 September 2022. Service is complete on respondent no.1 but none has entered appearance. Respondent nos. 2 to 4 have not filed counter affidavit despite grant of sufficient opportunities.
- 17 January 2023. Respondent no.1 is granted four weeks' time for filing counter affidavit. Opportunity to respondent nos. 2 to 4 to file counter affidavit has already been declined.
- 22 February 2023. Opportunity to respondent nos. 2 to 4 in Civil Appeal No(s). 7967/2019 to file counter affidavit has already been declined. Respondent nos. 4 and 5 in SLP(C) No. 11366/2022 have failed to file counter affidavit despite last opportunity having been granted, as such, further opportunity stands declined.
- 2 May 2023. In view of the letter circulated by the learned counsel for the respondent No.5 seeking adjournment, list after summer vacation, 2023.
- 10 July 2023. A letter has been circulated by the learned counsel for the respondent No.5 seeking adjournment on account of personal difficulty of the arguing counsel. List on 7th August, 2023.
- 7 August 2023. In both the matters, we direct that the Union of India through Ministry of Environment and Forest shall be impleaded as a party respondent. Amended Cause Title shall be filed within one week.
- 27 September 2023. In view of the letter circulated by the learned counsel appearing for respondent no.4 in SLP (C) No.11366 of 2022, seeking adjournment on the ground of personal difficulty, list the matters on 10th November, 2023.
- 10 November 2023. In our order dated 7 th August, 2023, we had directed the Ministry of Environment and Forest to file an affidavit explaining the steps taken on the basis of the draft Notification. Even as of today, the Ministry has not complied with the said direction. Finally, we grant time to the Ministry of Environment and Forest t
- 12 January 2024. The Registry to ensure that the affidavit filed in terms of the earlier order dated 10 th November, 2023 is placed on the file. List on 4th March, 2024.
- 4 March 2024. We have perused the affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. We direct the State of Kerala to file an affidavit dealing with the stand taken by the Ministry and especially what is stated in paragraph 10 thereof. We grant time of four weeks to do so.
- 15 April 2024. We have perused the affidavit filed by the respondent No.2 State of Kerala in terms of the Order dated 04th March, 2024. The affidavit records that revised proposal has been submitted along with the letter dated 19 th February, 2024 to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change for approval.
- 14 May 2024. Earlier order dated 15 th April, 2024 records that a revised proposal was submitted by the State Government on 19 th February, 2024. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the learned ASG states that the revised proposal is being processed and therefore, time may be granted to the Union of India. The SLP shall be l
- 2 August 2024. The learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the Union of India has placed on record a copy of the letter dated 28 th May, 2024 addressed by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change(Wildlife Division) to the Chief Wild Life Warden of Government of Kerala. To enable the Government of India to ac
- 6 September 2024. The learned counsel appearing for the State of Kerala submitted that additional information was furnished to the Government of India by a letter dated 23rd August, 2024. In view of the statement, we direct that a meeting shall be convened in terms of the order dated 2 nd August, 2024 so that the issue can be sorted out
- 25 October 2024. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned ASG, states that the compliance affidavit dated 25th October, 2024 on behalf of the Union of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is likely to be filed during the course of the today. We have perused a copy of the aforesaid compliance affidavit and the copy of the recor
- 7 April 2025. Learned counsel appearing for Union of India seeks time to report further compliance. We grant time of three weeks.
- 9 May 2025. The learned counsel appearing for the fifth respondent, on instructions, states that a draft Notification has been published on 2 nd May, 2025 and time of two months has been granted for response. We direct the Union of India to place on record a copy of the draft Notification and supply copies thereof to the parties.
- 6 October 2025. In terms of the signed order, the appeal is disposed of. 1. In view of the order passed in C.A. No.7967/2019 dated 06.10.2025, no orders are required to be passed in the present special leave petition.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Ms. Neela Gokhale, Ms. Shradha Agrawal, Ms. Suhasini Sen, Mr. N.V. Gokhle, Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Mr. Pawan Sankhla, Ms. Neela Gokhle, Ms. Shruti Dixit, Mr. Uday Prakash Yadav, Mr Sanjay Kumar Yadav Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Anu K. Joy, Mr. Alim Anvar, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Mrs Anu, Mr AlimAnvar, Ms Anu, Mr Alim Anvar, Mr. V. K. Biju, Ms Swathi, Ms Ria Sachthey, Mr Chetanya Singh, Mr Amlendu Kumar Akhilesh Kumar
