India, April 7 -- A few weeks back, we reported on the Supreme Court - the highest authority in the country, turning an "ordinary litigant" in front of the Delhi High Court. The reason? A unique request tying in the expansion of the Supreme Court complex with the transplantation of the 26 trees standing in its way. A plan to expand the Supreme Court complex stood temporarily held up owing to the said 26 trees, which as per the law needed to be transplanted to a separate location, as cutting them sans permission is deemed illegal via multiple acts. While the decision to transplant these trees could very well have been taken internally by the SC, the highest court in the country turning a litigant, that too for a green initiative, was a rat...
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