Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Clearances Cases

Cases on Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Clearances

1. Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India(2000) 10 SCC 664 — Sardar Sarovar Project and Environmental Clearance
2. Utkarsh Mandal v. Union of India2009 SCC OnLine Del 3836 — Duty of the Expert Appraisal Committee to Give Reasons
3. Samarth Trust v. Union of India2010 SCC OnLine Del 2127 — Public Consultation and EIA Procedure
4. M.P. Patil v. Union of India, Appeal No. 12 of 2012, NGT Principal Bench, decided 13 March 2014 — Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Case
5. Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v. Union of India(2019) 15 SCC 401 — Mopa/Goa Airport Case I
6. Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v. Union of India(2020) 12 SCC 1 — Mopa/Goa Airport Case II
7. Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Rohit Prajapati(2020) 17 SCC 157 — Prior and Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance
8. Electrosteel Steels Ltd. v. Union of India, 2021 INSC 859; (2023) 6 SCC 615 — Environmental Clearance and Exceptional Regularisation
9. Pahwa Plastics Pvt. Ltd. v. Dastak NGO2022 SCC OnLine SC 362; 2022 INSC 344 — Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance
10. Vanashakti v. Union of India, 2025 INSC 718 — Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance Case
11. Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India v. Vanashakti & Anr., 2025 INSC 1326 — Review of the Vanashakti Judgment

Related Environmental Law topics

• Environmental Ethics and Rights of Nature
• Tort and Absolute Liability
• Constitutional and Writ Remedies
• Statutory Pollution Control Regimes
• Forest, Wildlife and Community Rights
• The National Green Tribunal