New Delhi, March 6 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed former Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat and said that the politician-bureaucrat nexus has resulted in heavy damage to the environment of Corbett National Park for some political and commercial gain.

The top court noted how political and bureaucratic nexus caused damage to the environment of reserved forest in Uttarakhand.

A bench of justices BR Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and Sandeep Mehta called it a classic case that shows how the politicians and the bureaucrats have thrown the public trust doctrine in the dustbin.

"In the present case, it is clear beyond doubt that the then Forest Minister and Mr. Kishan Chand, DFO considered them to be the law unto themselve...