Supreme Court of India

Bengaluru Development Authority v. Mr. Sudhakar Hegde & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 5 S.C.R. 755
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 17 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that while the need for a road project is factored into the decision-making calculus, equal emphasis should be placed on the prevailing state of the environment.

Judgment, page 56

From the headnote

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 – Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 – Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2006 – Peripheral Ring Road Project – National Green Tribunal quashed the Environmental clearance granted to the appellant for the said PRR proj ect – NGT was of the view that the primary data upon which the Environment Impact Assessment report was based was collected more than 3 years prior to its submission to the State Environment Impact Assess ment Authority – There was substantial delay in the prep aration of the EIA report –

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