The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 18), by 2:1 majority, recalled its judgment in Vanashakti judgment , which barred the Union from granting post-facto environmental clearances.

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.

The applications seeking review/recall of the judgment were considered by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran. While CJI Gavai and Justice Vinod Chandran were

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