Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 326 · Decided 1 April 2020
Alembic Pharmaceuticals LTD. v. Rohit Prajapati & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 326 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 677
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1526/2016
- Decided
- 1 April 2020
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; Environment Protection Act Section 3, 3(1)
Headnote
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 - s.3 - 1994 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification mandated prior Environmental Clearance (EC) for setting up and expansion of industrial units falling within thirty categories - Deadline extended by various circulars - 2002 the deadline allowed for ex post facto ECs - Quashed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) - On appeal, held: Concept of an ex post facto EC is in derogation of the fundamental principles of environmental jurisprudence - It is an anathema to the 1994 EIA notification -
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