The order was passed by a division bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice PKS Baghel on a PIL filed by a resident of Saharanpur district, Ravindra Kumar, who had challenged an order of the District Magistrate allowing installation of a tower of state-owned telecom service provider BSNL near a village.
The petitioner had alleged that radiation caused by the mobile tower posed a serious health hazard before residents of the village.