Dossier
2017 notification
Coverage of 2017 notification in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court quashes 2021 OM allowing ex post facto environmental clearance, but upholds Centre’s power to provide ‘amnesty schemes’
The Supreme Court invalidated the 2021 Office Memorandum allowing retroactive environmental clearances but upheld the government’s authority to implement 'amnesty schemes'. Retrospective clearances under the 2017 notification and 2021 OM remain valid unless individually challenged in court.