https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306414 Prior forest clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 depends on a prior determination that the land is forest land; on the record, the project site was not shown to be forest land because authorities and expert bodies had treated it as non-forest or peripheral forest area, and the clearances were not invalidated on that basis. The revised environmental clearance and Stage-I forest clearance were also not vitiated, because the process involved repeated disclosures, field reports, expert inputs, and public participation, and no wilful suppression or lack of due diligence was established. The Court applied sustainable development, intergenerational equity, and process-based judicial review, and issued broader guidelines to strengthen scrutiny and avoid fait accompli situations. en-us Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306414 Prior forest clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 depends on a prior determination that the land is forest land; on the record, the project site was not shown to be forest land because authorities and expert bodies had treated it as non-forest or peripheral forest area, and the clearances were not invalidated on that basis. The revised environmental clearance and Stage-I forest clearance were also not vitiated, because the process involved repeated disclosures, field reports, expert inputs, and public participation, and no wilful suppression or lack of due diligence was established. The Court applied sustainable development, intergenerational equity, and process-based judicial review, and issued broader guidelines to strengthen scrutiny and avoid fait accompli situations. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306414