Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006

The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the National Highways Authority sought to overturn a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that set aside environmental clearances (EC) granted for sand and gravel mining for a highway project. The Supreme Court examined whether an EC could be validly issued when the District Su…

The appellant, IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd, obtained environmental clearance (EC) for a 2x600 MW coal‑based thermal power plant under the EIA Notification, 2006. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) upheld the EC but directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) to review it based on a cumu…

Talaulicar & Sons obtained environmental clearance on 25‑Nov‑2005 for expanding an iron‑ore mine, subject to a two‑year condition to submit a hydrogeological study. After submitting the report, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on 18‑Oct‑2007 deleted the two‑year limitation, effectively extending the clear…

The petitioners, Goel Ganga Developers India Pvt Ltd, filed an interlocutory application challenging the Supreme Court's interpretation of "built up area" under Item 8 of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification dated 14 September 2006. They argued that the Court should have considered a three‑Judge Bench d…