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Supreme Court bars government from post facto green clearance to projects
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The Supreme Court permanently barred the government from granting post-facto environmental clearances.
The court quashed the 2021 Office Memorandum that kept a window open for post-facto clearances.
Projects worth Rs 20,000 crore were saved from demolition, but prior environmental clearance under the 2006 notification is now mandatory.
The judgment will operate prospectively, validating past clearances granted under the 2017 notification and 2021 OM.
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