Supreme Court of India

The Project Director, Project Implementation Unit v. P.V. Krishnamoorthy and Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 14 S.C.R. 86
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar, B. R. Gavai and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 8 December 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the dictum in paragraph 100(1) of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (supra), shall operate as a stay by an order of the Court for the p urposes of Section 3D(3) in respect of all projects under the 1956 Act, in particular for excluding the time spent after issue of Section 3A notifi cation, in obtaining the environmental clearance as well as for permissions under the forest laws.

Judgment, page 108

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Arts.246, 248 – Union List, Entry 23 – Declaration of open green-field lands as national highway – Legislative competence of Parliament to enact law f or – Development/construction of Chennai-Krishnagiri-Salem ( National Corridor) [ -K-S (NC)] 8 Lanes new National Highway (NH-179A and NH-179B) being part of the larger Project (Bhar atmala Pariyojna-Phase I) – Notifications issued u/s.2(2), 1956 Act declaring -K-S (NC) as a national highway stretch/sec tion (NH- 179A and NH-179B) – Notifications u/s.3A(1), 1956 Act specif ying the lands proposed to be acquired for the

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