Supreme Court Rebukes Uttarakhand Minister for Environmental Damage: Corbett Tiger Reserve Scandal Unveiled
The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice B R Gavai, comprising Justices PK Mishra and Sandeep Mehta said that the nexus between politicians and forest officials has resulted in causing heavy damage to the environment for some political and commercial gain.
The Supreme Court of India has come down heavily on former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat and former divisional forest officer Kishan Chand for approving mass-scale of deforestation and illegal construction in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR).
An apex court bench headed by Justice B R Gavai, comprising Justices PK Mishra and Sandeep Mehta said that the nexus between politicians and forest officials has resulted in causing heavy damage to the environment for some political and commercial gain.