No Slum Protection on Forest / Mangrove Buffer Zones
Encroachments in reserved land / mangrove buffer zones at Laxman Bhandari chawl at Kandivali West, Mumbai,are outside the ambit of slum rehabilitation scheme
Courts will not extend Article 21 Shelter Rights to override clear statutory exclusions under the environmental and forest laws.
The petitioners are encroachers having illegal hutments on the government public and therefore, no relief cannot be granted. Doing so would tantamount to a premium on illegality which the law would never permit.
Judgment dated of the High Court of Bombay (OS) in Writ Petition No.157 of 2022 of Sandesh Mahadev Lavnde and others Vs. Collector, Mumbai and others

