Hanuman Laxman Aroskar vs Union of India

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2020 Supreme(SC) 40

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

JUDGMENT

Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.

INDEX
A.	Introduction
B.	Appraisal by the EAC
	B.1 Zero-Carbon programme
C.	Genesis of the proposed airport
D.	The present challenge
	D.1 Domain Expertise of the EAC
	D.2 Conflict of interest
	D.3 Western Ghats and ESAs
	D.4 Forestland and flora and fauna
E.	Directions

A. Introduction

1. The Union of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change [MoEF-CC] moved these proceedings, seeking a direction that the Minutes of the fortieth meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee [EAC] dated 23 April 2019 be taken on the record so that the embargo imposed by this Court on the Environmental Clearance [EC] for a greenfield airport at Mopa Goa can be lifted. This follows upon the judgment dated 23 April 2019 which was rendered on a challenge addressed to this Court against a decision of the National Green Tribunal [NGT] upholding the EC, subject to compliance with certain conditions. By the judgment of this Court, reported as Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v Union of India, (2019

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2020 Supreme(SC) 40

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

Cases Referred (2)

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