INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: Information on social media cannot be part of a public interest litigation, said the Bombay high court on Tuesday, declining to hear
Ghorpade, a lawyer, on inaction of authorities, including the forest department and the tourism boards, over drowning or other accidents
that take place during monsoons which, it claimed, violates fundamental rights under articles 14 (right to equality) and 21 (right to life)
and a directive principle under section 48A (protect and improve the environment and safeguard the forests and wild life of the country)
The petition claimed there are 1,500-2,000 deaths every year, referring to newspaper reports of drownings at Tungareshwar waterfall in
Vasai, Devkund in Raigad, Dugarwadi in Trimbakeshwar, Kal Mandvi in Jawahar, Palghar district, and Bhushi dam, Lonavala
This is unnecessarily consuming judicial time
The government must take the initiative to protect lives and prevent accidents
The judges pointed to a news report which said three persons sitting on a rock in a waterfall had slipped and were carried away by the
