Environmental Law in Legal Reasoning : Practice MCQ Questions & Answers with Explanations

The Supreme Court reaffirmed the centrality of the 'prior approval' principle under the EIA Notification, 2006 — no industrial project can begin, expand, or change operations without first obtaining environmental clearance. The Court struck down 2017 and 2021 government notifications allowing post-facto approvals as violative of this core principle, though industries already regularised under those notifications were left unaffected.