Delhi Preservation of Trees Act

The Delhi High Court recently made it clear that the permission of the tree officer in line with the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, is mandatory before pruning trees in Delhi regardless of the tree’s girth size. The Court set aside guidelines that had allowed the pruning of branches of trees having a girth size of up to 15.7 cm without prior permission from the tree officer.

The Supreme Court reverted the plea seeking stay on flyover construction at Dwarka back to the High Court as the Petitioner did not approach the Two Judges bench of High Court before moving the Apex Court.

In order to compensate the loss of greenery in the national capital due to development activities, the Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government has notified the Tree Transplantation Policy 2020 according to which a minimum of 80 percent of the trees affected by development activities shall be required