The Supreme Court today (October 9) reserved its decision on the pleas to recall/review the Vanashakti judgment, which barred the Union from granting post-facto environmental clearances.

The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran considered the matter.

In Vanashakti v. Union of India , the bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan , by judgment delivered on May 15, restrained the Central Government from granting "ex-post facto" Environmental Clearances (EC) in future and set aside the previous Office Memoranda and notifications which allowed for the grant of ex-post facto Environmental Clearance for mining projects.

During the hearing, the CJI remarked that the issue was whether the two-judge bench ought to have referred the matter to la

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