The High Court has issued an injunction against mining at Chikkanayakanahalli forest area in Tumkur district.
Hearing a public interest litigation by Basavaraj C S and six others, residents of Hosabeedi Chikka nayakanahalli, the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice V G Sabhahit, issued this injunction.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hc-injunction-against-mining
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/stone-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tumkur-d