Environment Impact Assessment Archives

Supreme Court Auroville Township Project

Supreme Court sets aside NGT’s order curbing Auroville township expansion due to environmental harm

“There is a need for “Sustainable Development” harmonising and striking a golden balance between the right to development and the right to clean environment”.

DSK Legal Experts Corner

Balancing Public Interest in Environmental Law Jurisprudence: Can a Draft Notification Issued by the Government of India Deviate From the Final Notification?

by Samit Shukla* and Saakshi Saboo**
Cite as: 2024 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 30

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court permits Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay to execute project for providing adequate water supply to citizens around Gorai Village

The Bombay High Court held that the Petitioner’s proposed project is for providing water for the citizens of Gorai village as the said project certainly falls under the permitted exceptions in the scheme of the things provided for CRZ as well as protection of mangroves.

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC│ Jharkhand Govt. must ensure that EIA is undertaken and Environment Management Plan prepared; All construction activities without prior environmental clearance to be stopped

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar J. refused to interfere with the detailed NGT order only for the purpose of providing a shortcut