Supreme Court of India

Electrosteel Steels Limited v. Union of India and Ors. Etc

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Reported as [2021] 14 S.C.R. 863
Bench Indira Banerjee and J. K Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 9 December 2021

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court erred in passing the impugned order, vacating interim orders which had been in force for two years.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Environment Protection Act, 1986 – Ex post facto environmental clearance – In the instant case, Appellant a pplied to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Gov ernment of India for grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) to establish steel plant at Bokara District – Appellant stated in its application that no forest land was involved in the project – fter obtaining EC, the Appellant applied to the JSPCB, for grant of ‘Consent to Establish’ (CTE) under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollutio n) Act, 1981 - The JSPCB granted CTE to the Appellant to establish steel plant – Even

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 followed · 1 referred to

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