Madras High Court adjourns Pallikaranai interim zone of influence case to November 11

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (October 14, 2026) adjourned to November 11, 2026 a batch of cases filed against a construction ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on a one-kilometre radius around the boundaries of the Pallikaranai marshland, a Ramsar site, in Chennai.

First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan said, in the meantime, they would go through a report filed by Tamil Nadu State Wetlands Authority for declaring 36 survey numbers covering 128.19 hectares as an interim Zone of Influence (ZoI).

The judges said that they will seek clarifications, if any, regarding the declaration of an interim ZoI on the next date of hearing and then pass orders with respect to the declaration which could be enforced until the determination of a final ZoI after elaborate studies required to do so.