 "A tractor carries away the felled trees for building a Metro car parking shed at Aarey Colony in Mumbai on Monday. Photo: PTI")
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed Maharashtra state officials to maintain a status quo and barred further felling of trees for building a Metro car shed in Aarey Colony. The order came close on the heels of a submission by the state government that it had already felled the requisite number of trees needed for the project.
A special two-judge Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Ashok Bhushan was hearing a letter petition which had been converted into a public interest litigation by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi.
A group of students, led by law student Rishab Ranjan, had
