Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 718 · Decided 16 May 2025
Vanashakti v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 718 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 2618
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1394/2023
- Decided
- 16 May 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Wild Life Protection Act; Environment Protection Act
Headnote
Whether the 2017 Notification issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the context of the EIA Notification 2006 for grant of ex post facto environmental clearances (EC) is legal and valid; Whether the 2021 Office Memorandum (OM) issued by Procedure (SOP) for projects that have commenced without an EC is legal and valid. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 - EIA Notification 2006 - MoEFCC's 2017 Notification established process for grant of ex post facto or retrospective Environmental Clearance
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