The Supreme Court has left the question of law as whether Environmental Clearance is neccessary before commencing Metro Rail Project as it disposed off appeals against NGT order mandating the same in view of DMRC and NMRC completing their respective projects.
In admission of the appeals, the Supreme Court had stayed the operation of the NGT directions in 2016. Post that the projects came to completion.
In the recent hearing after the winter-break, a division bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar observed that the issue no longer require adjudication.
The Court disposed off the same. However, it kept the question of law open :
"In view of the above facts and circumstances, more particularly, when the entire metro rail project is complete and the metro rail in Delhi and Noida is being run and is being used by the public at large, we dispose of the present Appeals by observing that the impugned directions reproduced hereinabove are not to be acted upon in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case. However, the questions of law, if any, more particularly, whether with respect to the rail project/metro rail project, the environmental clearance is required or not and other questions of law, if any, are kept open to be considered in appropriate proceedings and the present order shall not be cited as a precedent in any other matters/cases".
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