Supreme Court of India

Tapas Guha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 75
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 6 May 2024

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Issue for Consideration The Appellants in an Original Application before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) contended that there was widespread cutting of shade trees, uprooting of tea bushes and eviction of tea estate workers in the Doloo Tea Estate, the site identified for the Greenfield Airport Project in Assam, without obtaining environmental clearance. It was also contended that this was in violation of the provisions of Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006, which necessitates prior Environmental Clearance and public consultation for Category- projects in its Schedule.

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