Madras High Court Stays Notification Providing Six-Month Window To Get Environmental Clearance In Cases Of Violation

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change ("MoEF&CC") issued a notification on 14 March 2017 ("Notification") to provide a one-time opportunity in the form of a six-month window to grant Terms of References and Environmental Clearance for projects which have started the work on site, expanded the production beyond the limit of environmental clearance or changed the product mix without obtaining prior environmental clearance.