The verdict of the Supreme Court is final on legal matters. However, the Parliament has the power to override it through legislation. The government has done so several times in the past. The government tends to make amendments and practical changes in the laws in situations where the public interest of the people of the country has to be protected.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the state's wildlife sanctuaries and national parks should have an Eco-sensitive Zone or ESZ of a minimum of one kilometre, measured from the demarcated boundary. If this verdict is implemented as such, many populated areas in Kerala will have to be evicted. This may lead to serious law and order problems. At the same time, the state government cannot say that it cannot comply with the order of the apex court. The alternative is to approach the Centre and enact a new law. As a beginning to this, the Assembly unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Centre to exempt populated places in the state while implementing the one km wide eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around forests and sanctuaries. It has been pointed out in the resolution that inhabited places, agricultural lands and public institutions should be completely exempted considering the public interest. About thirty percent of Kerala is forest and about 48 percent of the total land area is the Western Ghats mountains, lakes, backwaters, paddy fields, wetlands etc. The population density is above 900 per square kilometre. There is not enough land here for three and a half crore people to live. This is not the case in many other vast states. So Kerala's demand is quite reasonable. Forest Minister AK Saseendran said in the Assembly that the Supreme Court had said that Kerala's new complaint should be reported to the high-powered committee and if there was a deficiency in the previous decisions, it was sufficient to make corrections in the new complaint. At the same time, the extension of the draft notification regarding the sensitive areas of the Western Ghats by another year gives more time for solving the problem.

Union Forest and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has also stated that further discussions will be held with Kerala before finalizing the notifications. The Union Minister says that efforts are being made to solve the problem so that the environment and development are not damaged. An effort should be made as much as possible to implement the order for environmental protection by exempting populated residential areas.