Supreme Court of India
Bengaluru Development Authority v. Mr. Sudhakar Hegde & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that while the need for a road project is factored into the decision-making calculus, equal emphasis should be placed on the prevailing state of the environment.
Judgment, page 56
From the headnote
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 – Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 – Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2006 – Peripheral Ring Road Project – National Green Tribunal quashed the Environmental clearance granted to the appellant for the said PRR project – NGT was of the view that the primary data upon which the Environment Impact Assessment report was based was collected more than 3 years prior to its submission to the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority – There was substantial delay in the preparation of the EIA report…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Delhi Pollution Control Committee v. Lodhi Property Co. Ltd. Etc.
- 2026 M/s. Punahchakran Private Limited v. Indotech Waste Solution
- 2021 Citizens for Green Doon & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2021 Himachal Pradesh Bus Stand Management and Development Authority (hpbsm & Da) v. The Central Empowered Committee Etc. & Ors.
- 2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors
- 2020 The Project Director, Project Implementation Unit v. P.V. Krishnamoorthy and Ors.
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