Mumbai: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has pulled up the government’s advocate for failing to appear in a suo motu case concerning the illegal dumping of debris on mangrove and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) land near Shiv Galli in Versova village.

In its order, the Commission observed that it “cannot keep waiting for the government’s advocate to appear”, especially when litigants from remote areas such as Pandharkawda in Vidarbha travel long distances to attend hearings.

“We waited for the Government Advocate till 1:20 p.m., and even now we are being told that the Government Advocate is coming in two minutes. We don’t know the length of this ‘two minutes’ time. When we were dictating the present order, the learned Government Advocate appeared, but we are unable to hear the mat

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