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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Municipal Corporation in Solid Waste Project Injunction Case — Environmental Claims Lacked Scientific Evidence. Court Restores Trial Court's Dismissal of Suit, Holding That Civil Courts Cannot Restrain Statutory Projects Based on Unsubstantiated Apprehensions.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Ratnagiri Nagar Parishad against the judgment of the Bombay High Court which had affirmed the decree of perman...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows PIL Seeking Remedial Measures Against Illegal Sand Mining and Withdraws Environment Clearance for Non-Compliance. Court Directs State to Formulate Comprehensive Policy and GSEIAA to Re-evaluate Clearance Under Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines.

The Federation of Rainbow Warriors, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Hig...

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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 at Goa Disposes PIL Seeking Implementation of Earlier Directions on Demarcation of High Tide Line and CRZ Compliance for Beachfront Hotel. Court Holds That Authorities Must Determine if Construction Falls Within Prohibited Zone Under CRZ Notification, 1991.

The Goa Foundation, a public interest organization, filed PIL Writ Petition No. 26 of 2017 before the High Court of Bombay at Goa, alleging that the G...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Flyover Construction on Environmental Grounds — Held That Project Did Not Require Environmental Clearance as It Was a Linear Project on Existing Highway.

The judgment pertains to two writ petitions filed before the Bombay High Court challenging the construction of a flyover and road widening project on ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes GCZMA Demolition Order for Lack of Quorum and Violation of Natural Justice. Petitioner's 18 rooms saved as sub-committee meeting with only 4 members violated requirement of 5 members for cases directed by High Court.

The petitioner, Shri Sylvestre D'Souza, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 15/02...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Grampanchayat's Challenge to Quarry Lease Renewal — No Prior Environmental Clearance Required for Renewal Under 1994 Notification. The Court held that the EIA Notification 1994 does not apply to renewals of leases granted before its enactment.

The case involves a writ petition filed by Grampanchayat Ambegaon through its Sarpanch Dattatray Maruti Marne, challenging the renewal of a quarry lea...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Applicability of Biological Diversity Rules to Indian Entities. Rule 17 of Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 and Benefit Sharing Regulations Apply to All Entities, Not Just Foreign Entities.

The petitioners, comprising an association of Ayurvedic drug manufacturers and individual companies, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Co...