<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the state government and Karnataka State Biodiversity Board in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions for necessary action to constitute a Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) at every local body across the state. </p><p>A division bench comprising Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice KV Aravind also ordered notice to the Chief Executive Officer of Tumakuru Zilla Panchayat in the petition filed by Ramesh Naik L, an advocate from Tumakuru.</p>.Biodiversity board pulls up firms for non-compliance.<p>The petitioner stated that as per section 41 of the Biological Diversity Act and amending Act 2023 every local body shall constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee within its area. This is for the purpose of promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity including preservation of habitats, conservation of land races, folk varieties and cultivars, domesticated stocks and breeds of animals and microorganisms and chronicling of knowledge relating to biological diversity.</p><p>The petitioner further claimed that Article 48A under Part IV-Directive Principles imposed an obligation on the state to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country. The petitioner sought a direction for constitution of BMCs at every Grama Panchayat/Taluk/District level. “The inaction and negligence on the part of respondents to constitute BMCs at every local body is contrary to Article 48A of The Constitution of India and hence it warrants immediate interference of the High Court,” the petition said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the state government and Karnataka State Biodiversity Board in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions for necessary action to constitute a Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) at every local body across the state. </p><p>A division bench comprising Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice KV Aravind also ordered notice to the Chief Executive Officer of Tumakuru Zilla Panchayat in the petition filed by Ramesh Naik L, an advocate from Tumakuru.</p>.Biodiversity board pulls up firms for non-compliance.<p>The petitioner stated that as per section 41 of the Biological Diversity Act and amending Act 2023 every local body shall constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee within its area. This is for the purpose of promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity including preservation of habitats, conservation of land races, folk varieties and cultivars, domesticated stocks and breeds of animals and microorganisms and chronicling of knowledge relating to biological diversity.</p><p>The petitioner further claimed that Article 48A under Part IV-Directive Principles imposed an obligation on the state to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country. The petitioner sought a direction for constitution of BMCs at every Grama Panchayat/Taluk/District level. “The inaction and negligence on the part of respondents to constitute BMCs at every local body is contrary to Article 48A of The Constitution of India and hence it warrants immediate interference of the High Court,” the petition said.</p>