Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court observed that environmental adjudication requires reconciling 2 competing constitutional aspirations, the fundamental right of present and future generations to live in a pollution-free environment and the developmental aspirations of a nation comprising nearly one-sixth of humanity.

Formaldehyde units environmental clearance judgment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court allowed appeals by formaldehyde manufacturing units in Rajasthan and Haryana and quashed NGT closure orders over absence of prior Environmental Clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006.