Supreme Court of India

Hanuman Laxman Arooskar v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 1030
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 16 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, the minutes of the meeting of the EAC dated 23 April 2019 are taken on record as prayed for.

Judgment, page 44

From the headnote

Environment – Environmental clearance for a greenfi eld airport – The Union of India sought a direction that the minutes of the fortieth meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee ( AC) dated 23.4.2019 be taken on the record so that the embargo imp osed by the Supreme Court on the Environmental clearance ( ) for a greenfield airport at Mopa Goa can be lifted – Earlier, the Su preme Court in its judgment reported as Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v. Union of India (2019 SCC Online 441) held that the process leading up to the grant of an Environmental clearance on 28.10.2015 was f lawed – Held: On

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