Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 438 · Decided 1 September 2003
N.D. Jayal and ANR. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 438 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 152
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 295/1992
- Decided
- 1 September 2003
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI, G.P. MATHUR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 21, 142, 226; Environment Protection Act
Headnote
Constitution of India, Article 32-Public Interest Litigation-PIL seeking directions for conducting tests to ensure safety for Tehri Dam and stoppage of project till conditions attached to environmental clearance C complied with-Held, the conception and decision to undertake a project is a policy that the system works in the manner envisaged: courts are ill-equipped to adjudicate on a policy decision. D Constitution of India, Articles 21, 32-PIL seeking court's direction on the environmental aspects of the Tehri Dam-High Level Committee set up by Government concluding that dam design
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