[Char Dham road widening] Can court override defence needs on environmental grounds? Supreme Court asks
Attorney General KK Venugopal, representing the Central government, submitted that the Army needs the feeder roads to be of a certain width to transport men and material.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indirectly alluded to the recent border skirmishes between India and China while hearing a case relating to the widening of Char Dham roads (Citizens for Green Doon v. Union of India).