Supreme Court of India

M/s. Goel Ganga Developers India Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India through Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests & Ors.

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Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 10 August 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, demolition is not the answer.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 – s.19(4)(f) – National Green Tribunal (Practices and Procedure) Rules, 2011 – r.22(2) – Application for review – Original applicant claimed that the project proponent had raised construction in violation of the Environmental Clearance granted for the project and also in violation of the various municipal laws – NGT directed the project proponent to pay environment compensation cost – Appeal against the order – Meanwhile, Project Proponent filed a review application against the order of the NGT, which was decided by a different Bench – Original applicant…

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