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M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 384
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 11 September 2018

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We are of the view that it must be applied in a case such as the present.

Judgment, page 64

From the headnote

Environmental Law: Construction by applicant-company – Pursuant to exemptio n granted u/s. 23 of Haryana Development and Regulation of U rban Areas Act, 1975 on 17.04.1984 – By Notification dated 18.08.1992 (issued under Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900) p rohibited constitution activity on the notified land (including t he land of the applicant) – In a parallel exercise, steps were tak en by the State notifying development plan under Faridabad Complex (R egulation and Development) Act, 1971 – On the basis of exempti on granted in 1984, Town and Country Planning Department encour aged the

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