Supreme Court quashes 2021 order on ex post facto environmental clearances, but upholds Centre’s power to provide ‘amnesty schemes’
Justice Joymalya Bagchi authored the judgment for the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. File photo | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 29, 2026) quashed a 2021 Office Memorandum (OM) granting ex post facto environmental clearances to infrastructure projects, holding that the Central government cannot substantially…