A Bench of Justices BR Gavai, KV Viswanathan and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a matter related to the compliance with its earlier order directing payment of compensatory afforestation levy by the State in connection with denotification of forest land at Pashan, Pune.
Standing Counsel Aaditya Aniruddha Pande submitted that the compliance affidavit was not filed yet even as the State was ready to pay.
This prompted Justice Gavai to remark,
“Do not take the Court for granted. You cannot treat every order of the Court in a casual manner. You have enough of money for Laadli bahu (schemes) and all. All the money spent on freebies, you should take money for compensating the loss of land.”
Justice Gavai hails from Maharashtra and was earlier a judge of the Bombay High Court.
Source: Barandbench
