2024 INSC 997
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
IA NO(S). 41723 OF 2022
IN WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) NO(S). 202 OF 1995
IN RE:
T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD .…PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ….RESPONDENT(S) IN RE: AMAN SINGH .…APPLICANT(S)
J U D G M E N T
Mehta, J.
“प्रकृत िं पुरुषिं चैव तवद्ध्यनादी उभावतप।
तवकारािंश्च गुणािंशै्चव तवद्धि प्रकृत सम्भवान्।।“
- Bhagwat Gita (Chapter 13, Verse 20)
[Translation: Nature is the source of all material things: the maker,
the means of making, and the things made. Spirit is the source of all
consciousness which feels pleasure and feels pain.]
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INDEX
I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 2
II. ORANS OF RAJASTHAN ...................................................... 5
III. BACKGROUND ................................................................ 10
IV. SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF AMICUS CURIAE ............ 16
(I) COMMUNITY RIGHTS AND INVOLVEMENT .................................. 18
(II) CONSERVATION GOALS ......................................................... 21