{"id":274269,"date":"2022-09-23T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T10:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=274269"},"modified":"2022-09-23T16:00:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T10:30:37","slug":"closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court<\/strong>: In a case where the closure of a \u00a0Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility was sought for want of Environmental Clearance (EC), the bench of Indira Banerjee*<\/strong> and JK Maheshwari, JJ has held that the closure of the facility only on the ground of want of prior Environmental Clearance would be against public interest, especially when the facility was being operated with the requisite consent to operate.<\/p>\n

The Court has upheld that the NGT Verdict that when the Bio-Medical Waste Treatment facility of the Appellant was being operated with the requisite consent to operate, it could not be closed on the ground of want of prior Environmental Clearance. It has been observed that,<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Court cannot lose sight of the fact that the operation of a Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility is in the interest of prevention of environmental pollution. The closure of the facility only on the ground of want of prior Environmental Clearance would be against public interest.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

General Rule <\/strong><\/h4>\n

There can be no doubt that the need to comply with the requirement to obtain EC is non-negotiable. A unit can be set up or allowed to expand subject to compliance of the requisite environmental norms. EC is granted on condition of the suitability of the site to set up the unit, from the environmental angle, and also existence of necessary infrastructural facilities and equipment for compliance of environmental norms. To protect future generations and to ensure sustainable development, it is imperative that pollution laws be strictly enforced. Under no circumstances can industries, which pollute, be allowed to operate unchecked and degrade the environment.<\/p>\n

Ex post facto<\/em> environmental clearance<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Ex post facto<\/em> environmental clearance should ordinarily not be granted routinely, but in exceptional circumstances taking into account all relevant environmental factors. Where the adverse consequences of denial of ex post facto<\/em> approval outweigh the consequences of regularization of operations by grant of ex post facto<\/em> approval, and the establishment concerned otherwise conforms to the requisite pollution norms, ex post facto<\/em> approval should be given in accordance with law, in strict conformity with the applicable Rules, Regulations and\/or Notifications. In a given case, the deviant industry may be penalised by an imposition of heavy penalty on the principle of \u2018polluter pays\u2019 and the cost of restoration of environment may be recovered from it<\/p>\n

However, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (EP Act) does not prohibit ex post facto<\/em> EC. Some relaxations and even grant of ex post facto EC in accordance with law, in strict compliance with Rules, Regulations, Notifications and\/or applicable orders, in appropriate cases, where the projects are in compliance with environment norms, is not impermissible.<\/p>\n

The Court also noted that it cannot be oblivious to the economy or the need to protect the livelihood of hundreds of employees and others employed in the units and dependent on the units for their survival.<\/p>\n

\u201cEx post facto<\/em> EC should not ordinarily be granted, and certainly not for the asking. At the same time ex post facto clearances and\/or approvals cannot be declined with pedantic rigidity, regardless of the consequences of stopping the operations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[D Swamy v. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1278<\/a>, decided on 22.09.2022]<\/p>\n

\n

*Judgment by: Justice Indira Banerjee<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court: In a case where the closure of a \u00a0Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility was sought for want of Environmental Clearance <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":274322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[9011,42280,31849,51946,3391,34915,51947],"class_list":["post-274269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-environment-protection","tag-environment-protection-act","tag-environmental-clearance","tag-ex-post-facto-environmental-clearance","tag-public_interest","tag-right-to-livelihood","tag-sustainable-developtment"],"yoast_head":"\nClosure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0 | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court: In a case where the closure of a \u00a0Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility was sought for want of Environmental Clearance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-23T10:30:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/\",\"name\":\"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0 | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-23T10:30:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg\",\"width\":1331,\"height\":888},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\",\"name\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\"},\"description\":\"Senior Associate Editor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0 | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0","og_description":"Supreme Court: In a case where the closure of a \u00a0Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility was sought for want of Environmental Clearance","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2022-09-23T10:30:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1331,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Prachi Bhardwaj","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/","name":"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0 | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-23T10:30:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg","width":1331,"height":888},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/closure-of-bio-medical-waste-treatment-facility-only-for-want-of-prior-environmental-clearance-would-be-against-public-interest-supreme-court\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Closure of Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, only for want of prior Environmental Clearance, would be against public interest: Supreme Court\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942","name":"Prachi Bhardwaj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","caption":"Prachi Bhardwaj"},"description":"Senior Associate Editor","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-80-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":273720,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/15\/supreme-court-national-green-tribunal-jurisdiction-environmental-clearance-project-proponent-section3-environment-protection-act-1986-expert-appraisal-committee-ministry-of-environment-forest-and-c\/","url_meta":{"origin":274269,"position":0},"title":"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","author":"Editor","date":"September 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: In an appeal regarding the jurisdiction of National Green Tribunal\u2019s (NGT) to pass an order to operate a unit without Environmental Clearance and against the decision of closure of the unit, the bench of Hemant Gupta* and Vikram Nath, JJ. has observed that there was no error in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/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-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/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-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/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-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/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-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/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-1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":265286,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/04\/11\/environmental-clearance-pollution-supreme-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":274269,"position":1},"title":"Can an establishment employing about 8000 workers be shut down for not obtaining Environmental Clearance, even when it acts in compliance with required pollution norms? SC answers","author":"Editor","date":"April 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Indira Banerjee*and J.K. Maheshwari, JJ., held that although to protect future generations and to ensure sustainable development, it is imperative that pollution laws be strictly enforced, were the adverse consequences of denial of ex post facto approval of Environment Clearance outweigh the consequences\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Can-an-establishment-employing-about-8000-workers-be-shut-down-for-not-obtaining-Environmental-Clearance-even-when-it-acts-in-compliance-with-required-pollution-norms.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Can-an-establishment-employing-about-8000-workers-be-shut-down-for-not-obtaining-Environmental-Clearance-even-when-it-acts-in-compliance-with-required-pollution-norms.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Can-an-establishment-employing-about-8000-workers-be-shut-down-for-not-obtaining-Environmental-Clearance-even-when-it-acts-in-compliance-with-required-pollution-norms.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Can-an-establishment-employing-about-8000-workers-be-shut-down-for-not-obtaining-Environmental-Clearance-even-when-it-acts-in-compliance-with-required-pollution-norms.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Can-an-establishment-employing-about-8000-workers-be-shut-down-for-not-obtaining-Environmental-Clearance-even-when-it-acts-in-compliance-with-required-pollution-norms.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":313634,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/10\/sc-clarifies-stay-on-moefcc-memoranda-permitting-ex-post-facto-environmental-clearance-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":274269,"position":2},"title":"Supreme Court clarifies stay on MoEFCC\u2019s office memoranda permitting ex post facto environmental clearance","author":"Editor","date":"February 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe order dated 02-01-2024 will not come in the way of competent authorities considering proposals for modifications\/alterations in the environmental clearance if the area of the projects had a valid environmental clearance prior to 07-07-2021.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"MoEFCC\u2019s permitting ex post facto environmental clearance","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MoEFCCs-permitting-ex-post-facto-environmental-clearance.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MoEFCCs-permitting-ex-post-facto-environmental-clearance.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MoEFCCs-permitting-ex-post-facto-environmental-clearance.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MoEFCCs-permitting-ex-post-facto-environmental-clearance.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":274854,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/01\/supreme-court-abortion-marital-rape-uapa-ibc-arbitration-dishonour-cheques-termination-pregnancy-service-health-educatio-environment-september-monthly-roundup-legal-research-updates-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":274269,"position":3},"title":"Supreme Court September 2022| Abortion Rights to all \u2018women’; Marital Rape; Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Collegium Recommendation; and more","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"October 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court's judgments\/orders on Unmarried persons' right to safe abortion, Inclusion of 'marital rape' under Abortion laws, Journalist Sidhique Kappan's bail; Constitution Bench's opinion on Doctrine of Precedents; Reference of question relating to Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Explainers on important law points;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Legal RoundUp"","block_context":{"text":"Legal RoundUp","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/columns-for-roundup\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Supreme-Court-September-2022-Abortion-Rights-to-all-8216women39-Marital-Rape-Pre-sentence-hearing-of-death-row-convicts-Sidhique-Kappan39s-bail-Collegium-Recommendation-and-more-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Supreme-Court-September-2022-Abortion-Rights-to-all-8216women39-Marital-Rape-Pre-sentence-hearing-of-death-row-convicts-Sidhique-Kappan39s-bail-Collegium-Recommendation-and-more-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Supreme-Court-September-2022-Abortion-Rights-to-all-8216women39-Marital-Rape-Pre-sentence-hearing-of-death-row-convicts-Sidhique-Kappan39s-bail-Collegium-Recommendation-and-more-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Supreme-Court-September-2022-Abortion-Rights-to-all-8216women39-Marital-Rape-Pre-sentence-hearing-of-death-row-convicts-Sidhique-Kappan39s-bail-Collegium-Recommendation-and-more-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Supreme-Court-September-2022-Abortion-Rights-to-all-8216women39-Marital-Rape-Pre-sentence-hearing-of-death-row-convicts-Sidhique-Kappan39s-bail-Collegium-Recommendation-and-more-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":377317,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/03\/04\/jharkhand-hc-strict-enforcement-biomedical-waste-rules-public-health-article-21\/","url_meta":{"origin":274269,"position":4},"title":"\u201cAdministrative laxity and systemic failures threaten public health and breach Article 21\u201d; Jharkhand HC directs strict enforcement of Bio-Medical Waste Rules","author":"Soumya Yadav","date":"March 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cHandling of biomedical substances demands meticulous oversight and strict adherence to scientific procedures and any administrative or institutional laxity in this sphere brings grave and irreversible consequences.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bio-Medical Waste Rules enforcement","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bio-Medical-Waste-Rules-enforcement.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bio-Medical-Waste-Rules-enforcement.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bio-Medical-Waste-Rules-enforcement.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bio-Medical-Waste-Rules-enforcement.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":172074,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/12\/01\/ngt-pulls-state-kerala-delinquency-formulating-bio-medical-waste-management-rules-2016-appointment-staff\/","url_meta":{"origin":274269,"position":5},"title":"NGT pulls up State of Kerala for delinquency in formulating the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 for appointment of staff","author":"Saba","date":"December 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"National Green Tribunal: Justice M.S Nambiar, passed orders for a report filed by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in regard to the Bio-Medical Treatment Facility available in Kerala and damage being caused to the environment and public health due to the delinquent behaviour of the State Government. It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}