"You can't act so casual", Law Student faces ire of Karnataka HC for not producing authentic scientific data to support contentions in PIL

A Petitioner law student today faced the ire of the Karnataka High Court as the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by him did not have authentic scientific data or an expert opinion annexed to support his contentions.

In his petition, the petitioner student had submitted that planting of the Acacia species trees is harmful to nature in general and that the same would cause irreparable damage to the environment. The petitioner raised concern that the Forest department of Government of Karnataka was planning to plant Acacia trees in the State.