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NGT Quashes Centre’s Notification Diluting Provisions of Environmental Clearance For Constructions(04.01.2018)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has quashed notification dated 09.12.2016 issued by Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, whereby substantive prov.....

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SC Allows Filing of Writ Petition Against Environmental Clearance Granted to New Parliament Building(29.07.2020)

Supreme Court has allowed the filing of a Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, 1949 challenging the Environmental Clearance gr.....

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SC Quashes Notification Exempting Earth Extraction For Linear Projects From Environmental Clearance(26.03.2024)

Supreme Court while quashing Center’s Notification has set aside an amendment that eliminated the requirement of environmental clearance for extractin.....

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Govt. Notifies New Policy for Granting EC for Minor Minerals(22.01.2016)

Government has notified a new policy of granting Environmental Clearance (EC) for minor minerals to combat illegal sand mining.

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Environment Ministry Grants 6 Months Window For Green Clearance to Units(21.03.2017)

Environment Ministry has granted a six-month window as one-time opportunity to secure environmental clearance to units which have not obtained such a .....

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SC: Prior Environmental Clearance Not Necessary for Land Acquisition for National Highways(09.12.2020)

Supreme Court has held that prior environmental clearance is not necessary at the stage of notification of land acquisition proceedings for the purpos.....

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NGT Fines Security Agencies Rs 10 Lakh for Building Offices on Ridge Fforest(26.03.2018)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh each on the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Bureau of Police Research and .....

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SC Upholds NGT Order Imposing Damages on Real Estate Developer for Violating E-Clearance(13.08.2018)

Supreme Court, while upholding a National Green Tribunal order, has imposed damages of Rs.100 crores or 10% of the project cost, whichever is higher, .....

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SC: Fresh Environmental Clearance Necessary for Expansion Beyond Limits Approved by Prior EC(06.12.2019)

Supreme Court has ruled that a fresh environmental clearance is necessary for the expansion of a project beyond the limits approved by the prior envir.....

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SC Stays Notification by Centre Exempting Construction Projects from Environmental Clearance(28.02.2025)

Supreme Court has stayed notification by Central Government that exempted certain building and construction projects from mandatory prior environmenta.....

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Mad HC: Isha Foundation's Yoga Centre Doesn't Require Prior Environmental Clearance for Construction(15.12.2022)

Madras High Court while observing that Isha Foundation's Yoga Centre comes within the definition of an educational institution, has allowed its plea a.....

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SC: For Granting Environmental Clearance, Valid DSR a Mandatory Prerequisite(09.05.2025)

Supreme Court while striking down UP Government’s e-auction notice that cited reliance on an expired District Survey Report, has held that for grantin.....

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SC Restrains Central Government from Granting ‘Ex-Post Facto’ Environmental Clearance in Future(16.05.2025)

Supreme Court has restrained the Central Government from issuing circulars, orders, notifications, OMs providing for grant of ex-post facto environmen.....

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SC: 'Ex Post Facto' Environmental Clearance Unsustainable in Law(02.04.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the concept of 'ex post facto' Environmental Clearance (EC) is against the fundamental principles of environmental jur.....

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