Supreme court upholds centre’s power to notify post-facto clearance

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Court ruling preserves government power to enable environmental violations, outweighing the benefit of striking down the 2021 OM. | The ruling simultaneously strengthens environmental protection by invalidating a problematic post-facto clearance mechanism while preserving government discretion to create future amnesty schemes. The negative aspect carries greater magnitude due to its potential to enable systemic impunity for environmental violations, undermining the rule of law and long-term ecol