Goa, Aug. 5 -- With neither the Mormugao Planning Development Authority (MPDA) nor the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department able to provide proof that a site inspection was conducted before granting permission under Section 17(A) for hill cutting in the proposed project by Bhutani Infra in Sancoale, Justices Bharati Dangre and Nivedita Mehta, while hearing final arguments in PIL WP 1884/2024 and PIL WP 2020/2025, directed both authorities to "file an affidavit giving details whether any inspection was conducted before granting the permission."

The second day of final arguments saw MPDA counsel Nikhil Pai present his case after advocate Nigel da Costa Frias, representing intervening petitioner Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA), concluded by ...