Supreme Court of India

T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 17 October 2006

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Environmental laws: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986-Proposal for development of International Hotel Complex on 315 hectares of land in Vasant Kun), identified for urban use in Master Plan for Delhi 2001-Direction to obtain environmental clearance-Supreme Court holding 92 hectares of land out of 315 hectares as constraint area-Violation of environmental norms by DDA and allottees, construction works carried out without obtaining environmental clearance-Report of Expert Committee-Recommendation that Ministry of Environment and Forests and Supreme Court to impose penalty on violators­…

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