The Bombay High court on Tuesday set aside the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance given to the R14,000 crore coastal road project of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), and said it cannot proceed with the work without obtaining environmental clearance. This means they will have to stop the ongoing work on the road, a move environmentalists and petitioners who filed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) have welcomed. While activists said that the court has said BMC will have to get environment clearance for the project, the civic body is said to appeal in the Supreme Court.

Environmentalists had approached the HC alleging that the project will have a negative impact on the west coast and marine eco system. According to an activist, "The Bombay High Court has held that the coastal road work has been proceeding illegally (without requisite permission). The HC has quashed (cancelled) the CRZ permission and held that an environmental clearance was mandatory. The HC has said that no further work can be done by BMC on the coastal road project."