Summary:
On Friday, the court had dismissed four petitions, including two challenging the approval of BMC's Tree Authority to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited to chop trees for the carshed. The bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and AK Menon referred to the court's judgment of October 2018 as it disallowed the request by activist Zoru Bhathena. Incidentally, last year's order that said 'Aarey is not a forest' had been passed by a bench headed by Justice SC Dharmadhikari. The Tree Versus Tracks Debate Those opposing the Metro carshed at Aarey Colony have accused the government of ignoring the environmental impact of the project. The HC had on Friday dismissed four petitions concerning Aarey by way of two judgments..