#Environment Protection Act

NGT Western Zone Bench validates Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority's permission for bund strengthening in CRZ-IA areas, subject to strict eco-friendly conditions like mangrove replantation and solar lighting. The ruling reinforces regulatory compliance while balancing infrastructure development with environmental conservation under the CRZ Notification.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled that state authorities must proactively enforce Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 and Supreme Court guidelines, treating non-compliance as a violation of the right to life under Article 21. The judgment makes environmental enforcement a non-discretionary duty, binding on all administrative bodies.

NGT holds that illegal industrial encroachments violating development regulations can trigger jurisdiction under EPA, 1986 if they cause or apprehend environmental harm, even if underlying laws are not in Schedule I.

National Green Tribunal holds that concealment of forest land in environmental clearance applications invalidates approval, mandating MoEFCC to re-examine compliance with FRA and EPA.

National Green Tribunal directs authorities to account for night-time river sand mining during GRAP-III/IV and enforce environmental compliance under the Environment Protection Act.