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DELHI HIGH COURT
D.N.PATEL, PRATEEK JALAN
Vikrant Tongad – Appellant
Versus
Union of India (MOEFCC) – Respondent


Table of Content
1. petition for extension of draft eia notification (Para 1 , 2)
2. provision of environment protection act relevant to public notification (Para 3 , 4)
3. notice period extension during the pandemic (Para 5)
4. clarification on objection time limit and public consultation (Para 6 , 7 , 8)
5. need for translation of notification into vernacular languages (Para 9 , 10)
6. writ petition allowed with directions (Para 11)

JUDGMENT

D.N. Patel, Chief Justice (Oral)

Proceedings of the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.

1. This petition has been preferred with the following prayers:

    "a. Issue a Writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to the Respondent to extend the notice period to the public, in the draft EIA notification 2020 until 30 September, 2020 or till such further period till the Covid-19 lockdown/restrictions subsist;

    b. Issue a Writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction to the Respondent to make translated copies of the draft notification available across the country in the official vernacular languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution and upload th

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