SC verdict in a case paves way for continuation of PRLIS, SSMPP
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the government cannot grant post-facto environmental clearances through administrative office memoranda. While the court invalidated the 2021 memorandum, it allowed existing projects to continue, providing legal clarity for major infrastructure schemes.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 29) quashed a July 7, 2021 office memorandum of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and held that the Centre could allow post-facto Environmental Clearances (ECs) through statutory notification, paying a way to continuation of three projects, whose ECs were kept on hold (abeyance).
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