Hanuman Laxman Aroskar vs Union of India

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2019 Supreme(SC) 374

D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA
Hanuman Laxman Aroskar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For Appellant(s) : Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Mr. Bharathi Upadhyaya, Adv. Mr. Ritwick Dutta, Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv. Ms. Kanika Sood, Adv. Ms. Sani Antony, Adv.
For Respondent(s): Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, AOR Mr. Atmaram N.S. Nadkarni, ASG Mr. Dattaprasad Lawande, A.G. Mr. Jai Dehadrai, Adv. Mr. Prashant V., Adv. Ms. Srishti Kumar, Adv. Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv. Mr. Akhil A. Roy, Adv. Mr. Salvador S. Rebello, Adv. M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Aastha Mehta, Adv. Mr. M.S. Ananth, Adv. Mr. Vanshi Rao, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR

JUDGMENT

Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.

Index

A Introduction

B Submissions

C Scheme of the 2006 notification and the Guidance manual for Airports

C.1 EIA process

C.2 Guidance manual for airports

D Forests

E Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZs)

F Sampling Points

F.1 Air Quality

F.2 Water Quality

F.3 Noise Quality

F.4 Flora and Fauna

F.5 Felling of Trees

G Public Consultation

H Appraisal by the EAC

I The appellate jurisdiction of the NGT: the requirement of a merits review

J Environmental Rule of Law

K Directions

A Introduction

An appeal was filed before the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) at New Delhi challenging the grant of an Environmental Clearance (EC) for the development of a greenfield international airport at Mopa in Goa. The NGT, by its judgment dated 21 August 2018 came to the conclusion that the present case "is not a case where the project compromises with the environment". While affirming the EC, the NGT came to the conclusion that "further safeguards for environmental protection need to be incorporated". The NGT, accordingly, proceeded to formulat

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2019 Supreme(SC) 374

D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTAHanuman Laxman Aroskar – AppellantVersusUnion of India – Respondent

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D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA
Hanuman Laxman Aroskar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent