Another case was filed by Madame Chodchoi Soponpanich and 74 other plaintiffs living along the routes of the special mass transit system. The case was filed against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, which oversees construction of the project. The lawsuit was an administrative case and filed in the civil court. The plaintiffs in this case also referred to the right to information under section 6(1) of NEQA and asked the BMA to disclose information involving the construction. The plaintiffs asserted that their daily lives were affected by the environmental impact from the construction, thereby giving them locus stand to sue the BMA. The legal issue in this case, nevertheless, was not resolved by the court because the parties compromised after the BMA agreed to disclose the information to the plaintiffs. The aforementioned lawsuits show that Thai society is still not familiar with environmental rights. The Supreme Court’s decision in Panat Tasneeyanond V. The Prime Minister holding that ‘a citizen who has environmental right under the Constitution must be directly and obviously injured by the defendant in order to have the standing to sue,’ demonstrates the court’s unwillingness to go beyond the traditional concepts of standing to accord a wider circle of litigants locus standi to sue on matters affecting public, as opposed to private interest.
Another case was filed by Madame Chodchoi Soponpanich and 74 other plaintiffs living along the routes of the special mass transit system. The case was filed against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, which oversees construction of the project. The lawsuit was an administrative case and filed in the civil court. The plaintiffs in this case also referred to the right to information under section 6(1) of NEQA and asked the BMA to disclose information involving the construction. The plaintiffs asserted that their daily lives were affected by the environmental impact from the construction, thereby giving them locus stand to sue the BMA. The legal issue in this case, nevertheless, was not resolved by the court because the parties compromised after the BMA agreed to disclose the information to the plaintiffs. The aforementioned lawsuits show that Thai society is still not familiar with environmental rights. The Supreme Court’s decision in Panat Tasneeyanond V. The Prime Minister holding that ‘a citizen who has environmental right under the Constitution must be directly and obviously injured by the defendant in order to have the standing to sue,’ demonstrates the court’s unwillingness to go beyond the traditional concepts of standing to accord a wider circle of litigants locus standi to sue on matters affecting public, as opposed to private interest.
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