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Suprme Court pulls up Delhi body for not conducting tree census

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Suprme Court pulls up Delhi body for not conducting tree census

The court said that it will order the constitution of an expert body to vet every proposal for tree felling in the city

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Delhi Tree Authority (DTA) for failing to carry out a tree census in the Capital as required under the Delhi Tree Preservation Act (DTPA). The court added that it will order the constitution of an expert body to vet every proposal for tree felling in the city, observing that DTA lacks the expertise to do this job.

A bench headed by justice Abhay S Oka was considering an application filed by a Delhi resident, Bhavreen Kandhari, which raised questions over the performance of DTA — a statutory body under DTPA that has allowed more than 60,000 trees to be felled between 2015 and 2021. The court had issued notice on the application on November 8 as the data presented by Kandhari suggested that Delhi was losing five trees every hour.

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On Friday, the bench, also comprising justice Augustine George Masih, took up DTA’s response and said, “We want to know how DTA is functioning. Has it carried out any census of trees?” The court cited Section 7 of DTPA, 1994 (or is it 1995), which says “carrying out census of the existing trees” and “preservation of all trees” in Delhi is one of the functions of DTA.

“We intend to pass an order that no permission for tree cutting shall be passed unless it is vetted by this expert body. Unless there is a record of the number of trees, nothing can be done. Has this been undertaken? It was the duty of DTA to do this under the Act,” the court said.

The bench asked senior advocate Guru Krishnakumar, who was assisting the court as amicus, to indicate whether there should be a threshold, such as cutting of 100 or more trees, when an issue can be sent for consideration to the expert body. “Considering the diminishing green cover, we are considering whether a body of experts should consider every permission for felling of trees. We will pass orders that no permission for tree felling shall be passed unless vetted by this body. Some threshold can be fixed and DTA will have to comply with the recommendation made by the expert body,” the court said.

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Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: Vijay Sethupathi’s new film lags behind Maharaja, earns nearly ₹23 crore

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Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: Vijay Sethupathi’s new film lags behind Maharaja, earns nearly ₹23 crore

Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: The film has been doing well in India. Is it doing better than Vijay Sethupathi’s Viduthalai Part 1 and Maharaja?
Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: The film, starring Vijay Sethupathi, has been doing well in India. As per Sacnilk.com, Viduthalai 2 has earned nearly ₹23 crore within three days of its release. Directed by Vetrimaaran, the film surpassed the earnings of Vijay’s Viduthalai Part 1 on its third day but lagged behind Maharaja. (Also Read | Viduthalai Part 2 movie review: Vijay Sethupathi shines in a highly sermonising story)

Viduthalai Part 2 domestic box office
As per the report, the film earned ₹7.5 crore [Tamil: ₹7 crore; Telugu: ₹50 lakh] on day one and ₹7.7 crore on day two. It earned ₹7.60 crore nett on day three as per early estimates. So far, the film has earned ₹22.80 crore. Viduthalai Part 2 had an overall 39.38% Tamil occupancy on Sunday.

The film has crossed the earnings of Vijay’s Viduthalai Part 1 (which earned ₹5.05 crore) on day three, as per Sacnilk.com. However, it was unable to surpass the collection of Maharaja (which earned ₹9.65 crore on day 3).

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About Viduthalai Part 2

Viduthalai Part 2 is a sequel to his 2023 hit film Viduthalai Part 1. The film follows a police constable’s conflict with the leader of a separatist group. Soori reprises his role as Constable Kumaresan in the film, Vijay plays Perumal ‘Vaathiyaar’, the leader of Makkal Padai, and Manju Warrier plays his wife Mahalakshmi. The film is the second instalment in a two-part adaptation of Jeyamohan’s short story Thunaivan.

About Viduthalai Part 1

The Tamil-language period crime thriller film (2023) was also directed by Vetrimaaran. The cast included Bhavani Sre, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, Ilavarasu, Balaji Sakthivel, Saravana Subbiah, Chetan, Munnar Ramesh, and Pavel Navageethan. Viduthalai released in theatres to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office.

About Maharaja

Nithilan Saminathan directed the Tamil-language action thriller. It released in theatres in June 2024 to critical acclaim from critics. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi, Anurag Kashyap, Mamta Mohandas, Natty Subramaniam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Divyabharathi, Singampuli, Aruldoss, Munishkanth, Sachana Namidass, Manikandan and Bharathiraja.

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