Summary:
“Why do you need the court’s intervention to tell you to conduct the meeting?” Chief Justice Patil asked. Chief Justice Patil said ideally, the authorities should have conducted a survey before beginning work on the project. The petitioner told the court that there were about 995 fisherfolk in Worli Koliwada, who had 428 fishing trawlers. He said so far, the fisherfolk at Worli were not affected. Senior counsel Gayatri Singh, appearing for the petitioners, told the HC that 50,000 families were dependent on fishing for their livelihood..