Overview
- A four-member committee led by former chief justice D.B. Bhosale includes ex–chief secretary Nitin Kareer, former DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal and SGNP director Anita Patil as member secretary.
- The panel is tasked with expediting the park’s boundary wall, recommending removal of illegal structures, and identifying land and funding for the rehabilitation of eligible residents.
- The bench recorded that only about 49 km of the required 154 km boundary has been built, a shortfall the court said has likely enabled further encroachments.
- The state identified roughly 90 acres at Marol–Maroshi for rehabilitation, with about 44 acres available immediately and 46 acres subject to forest notification, a plan previously questioned by an intervenor over Aarey-linked environmental restrictions.
- The committee must file its first report within three months, all agencies have been ordered to fully cooperate on pain of contempt, the state must publish panel details and schedules, and the matter is posted for February 19 with most reports citing 2026.