SC overturns its earlier bar on post-facto green clearances

The Supreme Court, in a 2:1 ruling, recalled its May judgment that prohibited retrospective environmental clearances, with Justice Bhuyan delivering a sharp dissent

The Supreme Court, by a 2:1 majority, on Tuesday recalled its May 16 judgment that had prohibited the Centre from granting retrospective environmental clearances (ECs) to projects found violating environmental norms.

A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice K Vinod Chandran delivered three separate verdicts on a batch of nearly 40 review and modification pleas filed against the Vanshakti judgment. Read More

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 autho