Supreme Court of India

Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd. T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 7 S.C.R. 954

Bench S.H. Kapadia, Aftab Alam and K.S. C Radhakrishnan JJ.

Decided 6 July 2011

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Environmental Law: Environment and utilization of natural resources - 0 Balancing of equities - HELD: Time has come to apply the constitutional "doctrine of proportionalitt' to the matters concerning environment as a part of the process of judicial review in contradistinction to merit review - Utilization of the environment and its natural resources has to be in a way that is consistent with principles of sustainable development and . intemenerational equity, but balancing of these equities may entail policy choices - In the circumstances, barring exceptions, decisions relating to utilization

Authorities it was built on

2000 Narmada Bachao Andolan Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 17
2005 T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2024 Gene Campaign & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2020 The Director General (road Development) National Highways Authority of India v. Aam Aadmi Lokmanch & Ors. relied on
2020 Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Rohit Prajapati & Ors. relied on
2020 Bengaluru Development Authority v. Mr. Sudhakar Hegde & Ors. relied on
2020 Hanuman Laxman Arooskar v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2024 In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Others referred to
2023 Jolly George and Anr. v. George Elias and Associates and Ors. referred to
2022 D. Swamy v. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and Ors referred to
2022 The State of Rajasthan and Another v. Ultratech Cement Ltd referred to
2022 M/s Pahwa Plastics Pvt. Ltd. and Anr v. Dastak Ngo and Ors. referred to
2021 Electrosteel Steels Limited v. Union of India and Ors. Etc referred to
2021 In Re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors referred to
2019 State of Meghalaya v. All Dimasa Students Union, Dima-hasao District Committee & Ors. referred to
2019 Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v. Union of India referred to
2016 Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2014 T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Alaknanda Hydro Power Co. Ltd. v. Anuj Joshi & Ors. referred to
2013 Ster Lite Industries (india) Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 14 referred to

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