New Delhi, Nov 17 PTI) The Supreme Court is slated to pronounce on Tuesday judgement on as many as 40 petitions seeking modifications and a review of its May 16 verdict that had struck down the Centre's decision to grant retrospective clearances to projects found in violation of environmental norms.

The May 16 verdict by a bench of Justice A S Oka, since retired, and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan had barred the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the authorities concerned from granting retrospective environmental clearance (EC) to projects which are found in violation of environmental norms.

Justice Oka, who authored the judgement under review, had set aside the post-facto environmental clearance granted to firms, saying the right to live in a pollution free atmospher

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