Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 859 · Decided 9 December 2021
Electrosteel Steels Limited v. Union of India and ORS. Etc
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 859 · [2021] 14 S.C.R. 863
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7576/2021
- Decided
- 9 December 2021
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, J.K. MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Environment Protection Act, 1986 - Ex post facto environmental clearance - In the instant case, Appellant applied to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India for grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) to establish steel plant at Appellant stated in its application that no forest land was involved in the project - After obtaining EC, the Appellant applied to the JSPCB, for grant of 'Consent to Establish' (CTE) under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 - The JSPCB granted CTE to the
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