A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli was responding to arguments of Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves that unchecked land reclamation in Mumbai would lead to climate change.
“But only developing countries do not contribute to it you know, it is also due to pollution done by developed countries. Now to say developing countries must stop their projects [because of climate change] is wrong,” the bench remarked.
The top court was hearing a plea by the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation seeking permission to carry out land reclamation towards the Coastal Road project to build parks, gardens promenades, cycling tracks etc along the highway project.
The Bombay High Court order that had stayed development work for the project apart from those involving the road, and seeking to expand beyond the initially allotted cap for land reclamation.
The corporation moved the top court in appeal against the same.
Source: Barandbench
