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Article: SC turned saviour of environment, facilitator of industries.
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- December 31, 2008
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SC turned saviour of environment, facilitator of industries
By: Indu Bhan
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) From a legal perspective, 2008 has been noteworthy for the corporate world as the Supreme Court cleared the environmental hurdles for three projects, which entailed investments in billions of dollars.
The special forest bench, popularly called the 'Green Bench', which has taken upon itself the task of giving environmental nod to industrial units, gave green signals to the 51,000-crore Posco project, allowed Sterlite Industries to mine bauxite from eco-sensitive Niyamgiri hill area for its proposed Rs 4,000-crore aluminium project, and also gave its ...