SC sets aside NGT's order on Shimla Development Plan; BJP hails verdict

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a 2017 order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), banning construction activities in the green and core areas of Shimla.

The NGT, in its order, banned the construction of buildings taller than two and a half storeys in the planning area.

However, an SC division bench of Justices BR Gavai, PK Mishra and Sandeep Mehta set aside the