https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469339 Prior environmental clearance under the EIA notifications was held to depend not merely on National Highway expansion exceeding 100 km, but also on whether additional right of way or land acquisition crossed the prescribed width thresholds; the notification was construed literally as clear and unambiguous, so clearance was not required on facts where those limits were not breached. Segmentation of a highway project cannot be used to evade environmental scrutiny, although the broader legality of segmentation in appropriate cases was left for expert examination. Toll plazas and rest areas were treated as part of the right of way, and the project was held to fall within the notification's land acquisition framework. en-us Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:57:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469339 Prior environmental clearance under the EIA notifications was held to depend not merely on National Highway expansion exceeding 100 km, but also on whether additional right of way or land acquisition crossed the prescribed width thresholds; the notification was construed literally as clear and unambiguous, so clearance was not required on facts where those limits were not breached. Segmentation of a highway project cannot be used to evade environmental scrutiny, although the broader legality of segmentation in appropriate cases was left for expert examination. Toll plazas and rest areas were treated as part of the right of way, and the project was held to fall within the notification's land acquisition framework. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469339