Supreme Court of India

M/s. Goel Ganga Developers India Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India through Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 10 S.C.R. 1005
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 10 August 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in the peculia r facts and circumstances of the case, demolition is not the answer.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 – s.19(4)(f) – Na tional Green Tribunal (Practices and Procedure) Rules, 2011 – r.22(2) – Application for review – Original applicant claimed that the project proponent had raised construction in violation of the Environmental Clearance granted for the project and also in viola tion of the various municipal laws – NGT directed the project p roponent to pay environment compensation cost – Appeal against the order – Meanwhile, Project Proponent filed a review applica tion against the order of the NGT, which was decided by a differ ent Bench – Original applicant

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