https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309071 Statutory deemed consent under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 accrues when a complete application remains undecided beyond the prescribed four-month period and is not refused in time. A later attempt to sustain refusal on a new ground of incompleteness was not accepted, and the appellate finding on limitation was treated as erroneous. Environmental objections also could not justify outright refusal without a Rule 5 notification for the alleged sensitive area and a real, non-negligible risk on the record. The board could still regulate the project by imposing conditions and safeguards rather than denying consent altogether. en-us Fri, 04 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:23:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309071 Statutory deemed consent under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 accrues when a complete application remains undecided beyond the prescribed four-month period and is not refused in time. A later attempt to sustain refusal on a new ground of incompleteness was not accepted, and the appellate finding on limitation was treated as erroneous. Environmental objections also could not justify outright refusal without a Rule 5 notification for the alleged sensitive area and a real, non-negligible risk on the record. The board could still regulate the project by imposing conditions and safeguards rather than denying consent altogether. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309071