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Item No. 01

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL

PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI

(Through Video Conferencing)

Appeal No. 08/2019/EZ

(I.A. No. 35/2019)

Bishwajit Singh

Appellant(s)

Versus

Union of India & Ors.

Respondent(s)

Date of hearing: 05.11.2020

CORAM :

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S. P. WANGDI, JUDICIAL MEMBER

HONB’LE MR. SAIBAL DASGUPTA, EXPERT MEMBER

For Appellant(s):

Mr. Saurabh Sharma, Advocate

For Respondent(s): Mr. Gora Chand Roy Choudhury,

Advocate for Respondent No. 1.

Ms. Aishwarya Rajyashree, Advocate

for Respondent No. 2.

Mr. Ashok Prasad, Advocate for

Respondents No. 3 & 4.

ORDER

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The Appeal has been filed challenging Environment

Clearance (EC) dated 20.06.2019 granted by the State

Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA),

Jharkhand

in

favour

of

the

National

Buildings

Construction Corporation India Limited (NBCC), the

Respondent No. 5, for the All India Institute of Medical

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Sciences (AIIMS) at villages Utimpur, Sultanpur and

Rampur, Thana Deoghar, Deoghar district, Jharkhand.

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The primary contention raised to assail the EC is that

according to Form-1 submitted for EC by the Respondent

No. 5, t