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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging SEIAA's Deferral of Environmental Clearance Based on NGT Judgment. SEIAA Must Independently Apply Mind to Each Proposal and Cannot Mechanically Defer Decisions Due to NGT's Order on Recreational Ground.

The Petitioner No.1, NAREDCO West Foundation, is the Maharashtra chapter of the National Real Estate Development Council, representing over 400 real e...

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Supreme Court Upholds Project Proponent's Environmental Clearance in Construction Dispute Under Amended EIA Regime. Environmental Clearance Granted by Local Authority Valid as Per Notification Dated 9.12.2016, Protecting Existing Constructions but Requiring Fresh Clearance for Future Expansion.

The dispute centered on the validity of an Environmental Clearance (EC) obtained by a project proponent for a construction project in Maharashtra. The...

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Bombay High Court Allows Fishermen Cooperative's Petition Against Demolition of Fishermen Huts in Coastal Zone. Court Holds That Traditional Fishing Communities Have Customary Rights to Occupy Foreshore Land for Livelihood, Subject to Environmental Clearances Under CRZ Notification, 2011.

The petitioner, Mariyayi Macchimaar Sahkari Sanstha Maryadit, a cooperative society of traditional fishermen, filed a writ petition challenging the pr...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against NGT Orders in Sterlite Copper Plant Closure Case — Upholds Maintainability of Composite Appeal Under NGT Act. The Court held that a composite appeal under Section 16 of the NGT Act is maintainable and that closure orders without natural justice are invalid.

The Supreme Court disposed of a batch of appeals arising from orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) concerning the closure of a copper smelter p...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitioners' Challenge to Cancellation of Sand Ghat Leases for Non-Deposit of Balance Amount. Failure to Deposit 75% of Bid Amount Within 30 Days as per Government Resolution dated 12.03.2013 Justifies Cancellation and Re-auction.

The petitioners, seven individuals and firms, participated in an e-auction conducted on 07.12.2013 for the grant of leases of 73 sand ghats in Bhandar...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Environmental Clearance for Thermal Power Plant Due to Vitiated Public Hearing. Public Hearing Under Rule 5(3) of Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 Must Be Meaningful and Not a Mere Formality.

This public interest litigation was filed by four farmers from Wardha district challenging the public hearing conducted by the Regional Officer of the...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside NGT Order Directing Reconsideration of SPCB Appointments, Holds NGT Exceeded Jurisdiction. State Governments Urged to Make Appointments with Due Care in Light of Article 48A and Environmental Principles.

Background: The case involved a batch of civil appeals filed before the Supreme Court against a judgment and order dated 24 August 2016 passed by the ...