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Tata Housing Development Company Ltd v. Aalok Jagga and Others

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Reported as [2019] 13 S.C.R. 577
Bench Arun Mishra, M. R. Shah and B. R. Ga V Ai JJ.
Decided 5 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

We hold that such projects cannot be permitted to come up within such a short distance from the wildlife sanctuary.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Environment Laws: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – Environment (Protection) Rules, 1996 – Housing project – Environment clearance – Hous ing project coming up within the catchment area of Sukh na Lake and at a short distance of 123 meters from Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary – Challenge to – Held: Considering the distance of 123 met ers from the Northern side and 183 meters from the Eastern side of th e project from wildlife sanctuary, such project cannot be allowed to come up in the area – Origination of the project indicates that S tate of Punjab failed to act in furtherance of Doctrine of

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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