Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 545 · Decided 23 July 2024
Gene Campaign & ANR. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 545 · [2024] 7 S.C.R. 1847
- Case number
- WRIT TO PETITION (CIVIL)... No. 115/2004
- Decided
- 23 July 2024
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21; Environment Protection Act Section 6, 8, 25
Headnote
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), a body under the Department of Environment, Forest and Wildlife, in its 147th meeting held on 18.10.2022, recommended environmental release of transgenic mustard hybrid, Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), which was accepted by on 25.10.2022. The issues for consideration were: (1) Whether GEAC approval dated 18.10.2022 and the consequent decision dated 25.10.2022 for the environmental release of DMH-11 was in accordance with law; (2) Whether the decision to grant approval for environmental release of DMH-11 violated
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