#EIA Notification

National Green Tribunal, Western Zone Bench, Pune upheld joint CRZ and environmental clearance for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust's container berth widening project. The ruling emphasizes strict compliance with mitigation measures and safeguards for marine ecology, setting a precedent for port expansion under CRZ norms.

National Green Tribunal holds that rejection of quarry project solely on speculative risk to blackbuck without imposing mitigation conditions violates procedural fairness and environmental law principles.

NGT holds that splitting a single project into multiple plots to evade Environmental Clearance violates EIA Notification 2006; 5-year limitation applies to compensation calculations.