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CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses from Delhi Ridge Tree Felling Case, Supreme Court seeks tree restoration updates

By Jhanak Sharma      19 November, 2024 10:58 AM      0 Comments
CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses from Delhi Ridge Tree Felling Case Supreme Court seeks tree restoration updates

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused from hearing in the Supreme Court on pleas in connection with the alleged illegal felling of several hundred trees in the Delhi Ridge area.

Hearing a bench, the CJI said, “One thing I would like to point out is that when I was the NALSA chairman, I had gone to Patna and with Delhi LG had toured jails there. So, it will not be appropriate for me to hear the plea”.

CJI Sanjiv Khanna Recuses Over Prior Involvement in Delhi Ridge Tree Felling Case

The court ordered the listing of the matter before a bench of which the CJI is not part in the week commencing November 27.

As a counsel submitted before the bench that there were orders passed by two other benches, the CJI said he is aware of it.

Earlier, a bench headed by the then CJI D Y Chandrachud (since retired) had sought a personal affidavit of Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in the case which had also sought initiation of contempt proceedings against certain Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials.

Earlier this month, the bench had asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) about the measures undertaken to restore the Delhi Ridge area. It has been alleged that several hundred trees were allegedly felled illegally. The bench had asked the DDA counsel and the petitioner to inform it about the status of trees felled, consequential actions, and the monitoring mechanism.

Supreme Court Seeks Status Report on Tree Restoration and Monitoring in Delhi Ridge

The bench had sought information on the extent of plantation done by the authorities and added that it would introduce a monitoring system to ensure these trees were surviving.

In August, the then CJI-led bench decided to hear a contempt case.


The development has come after a rare standoff between two separate benches of the apex court in connection with the illegal felling of trees in the ridge area.

On July 24, a bench led by Justice B R Gavai expressed its displeasure regarding another bench presided by Justice Abhay S Oka also proceeding with contempt proceedings against the DDA in relation with tree felling.

Justice Gavai, who is in line to become the Chief Justice of India (CJI) in May 2025, said the other bench "has not adhered to judicial propriety", against the backdrop of the fact that the bench led by him was already seized of the matter.



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