Supreme Court of India

Noble M. Paikada v. Union of India

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 1249
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 21 March 2024

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we quash item 6 in the two notifications above.

Judgment, page 24

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Issue for Consideration Item 6 in the impugned notification which granted exemption from requirement of prior Environmental Clearance (EC) for extraction or sourcing or borrowing of ordinary earth for the linear projects such as roads, pipelines, etc., if provided a blanket exemption which was arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Headnotes Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 – r.5(4) – Constitution of India – Articles 14, 21 – First EC notification provided that certain projects falling under categories set out in the

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