Centre moves Supreme Court to stay hearings on Great Nicobar project

Centre reiterates in Supreme Court that the petitioner, Meena Gupta, has no locus standi to move court in the matter and the petitions are an abuse of process; Calcutta High Court had rejected this argument in May and paved the way for a final hearing in NovemberThe Union government has approached the Supreme Court to stay further proceedings in the petitions pending final hearing before the Calcutta High Court, which allege that provisions of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) were violated in obtaining consent for its ₹92,000-crore Great Nicobar Island project.