NGT halts all ongoing illegal constructions without mandatory environmental clearances in Noida and Greater Noida
Pollution Control Board to prevent illegal plotting in the area falling in floodplain zones in the Villages.
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Supreme Court strikes blanket exemption under EP Rules; holds ‘Citizen’s participation cannot be prevented by casual exercise of power under Rule 5(4)’
Supreme Court questioned the haste shown by the Central Govt issuing impugned notification during nationwide lockdown and held the inclusion of item 6 to be illegal.
Bombay High Court directs SEIAA to decide environmental clearance proposals by applying provisions of DCPR 2034 or UDCPR, on merits within 8 weeks
The judgment and order dated 13-09-2022 of NGT in Anil Tharthare v. State of Maharashtra, Appeal No. 22 of 2016, cannot be construed to mean a blanket prohibition to consider the proposals of the projects governed by DCPR 2034 or UDCPR.
Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: In a case where the closure of a Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility was sought for want of Environmental Clearance
Entire country under impression that Re-Rolling Steel Plants do not require prior Environmental Clearance; NGT right in giving such plants opportunity to meet the requirement: SC
Supreme Court: In an appeal regarding the jurisdiction of National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) to pass an order to operate a unit without
‘Project Proponent not expected to anticipate changes in Environmental Clearance regimes’; SC protects already constructed buildings by Pune Developer
Supreme Court: In a case where a Project Proponent had adhered to the applicable legal framework for Environmental Clearance (EC) during the
Is segmentation permissible for National Highway projects beyond a distance of 100 kms? MoEF&CC’s Expert Committee to examine, directs SC
Adoption of segmentation of a project cannot be adopted as a strategy to avoid environmental clearance impact assessment.
Centre versus State| Who has the power to make law declaring any land within a State as a national highway? Supreme Court answers
Supreme Court: Dealing with the question whether the Parliament was competent to enact the National Highways Act, 1956 and the National Highway
Prior environmental clearance required before commencement of actual construction of a National Highway, not at the planning stage: SC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar*, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, JJ has held that it is not necessary for
Tata’s Housing project in Chandigarh stalled for being ‘too close’ to Sukhna Lake & Widlife Sanctuary
Supreme Court: In the matter concerning the housing project, on the ground that the area in question falls within the catchment area
Environmental Clearance for development of Airport at Mopa, Goa to be revisited
Supreme Court: In a case challenging the grant of an Environmental Clearance (EC) for the development of a greenfield international airport at
Obtaining environmental clearance imperative when the idea of new construction of State Legislative Assembly proposed: NGT
National Green Tribunal (NGT): A Division Bench comprising of Raghuvendra S. Rathore, Judicial Member and Satyawan Singh, Expert Member, emphasized the duty