New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and Maharashtra government after it was told that the Sahara group's (SICCL) Versova plot is partly or wholly a Mangrove Forest Area.

A three-judge Bench consisting of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Vishwanathan asked the concerned governments to inform to court the details of Sahara group's Versova plot as to whether and to what extent it is Mangrove land.

The top court also directed that there should be a meeting comprising of two officials of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Limited (SICCL), two officials of the Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and two Mumbai based...