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Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Rohit Prajapati & Ors.
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Environment (Protection) Act 1986 – s.3 – 1994 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification mandated prior Environmental Clearance (EC) for setting up and expansion of indu strial units falling within thirty categories – Deadline extende d by various circulars – 2002 Circular while further extending t he deadline allowed for ex post facto ECs – Quashed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) – On appeal, held: Concept of an ex post facto EC is in derogation of the fundamental principles of environ mental jurisprudence – It is an anathema to the 1994 EIA not ification – Allowing for an ex post
Authorities it was built on
- 2011 Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd. T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2013 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited v. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and Others
- 2016 Common Cause v. Union of India and Others
- 2017 Techi Tagi Tara v. Rajendra Singh Bhandari & Ors.
- 2019 Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board v. Sterlite Industries (i) Ltd. & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Vanashakti v. Union of India
- 2026 Neetu Solvents v. Vineet Nagar
- 2025 Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (credai) v. Union of India & Others
Of those, 1 followed · 2 referred to
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