The Supreme Court today verbally asserted that it would not allow any mining activities within the Saranda/Sasangdaburu forests proposed to be declared as a wildlife sanctuary in the State of Jharkhand.

The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran considered the issue of repeated non-compliance by the State of Jharkhand with its previous assurances given to declare the Saranda/Sasangdaburu forests as a wildlife sanctuary and conservation reserve.

On the last hearing , Sr Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state of Jharkhand, informed the bench that a draft notification was prepared for declaring the region as a wildlife sanctuary. However, he flagged that within the region, approximately 6 acres were occupied by villagers. He urged the Court to allow the notification t

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