The case pertains to environmental exemptions issued by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change on March which altered previous Environmental Clearance notifications by exempting certain projects such as ... ordinary earth extraction and water body dredging from prior clearance the appellant Noble M Paikada contested this notification at the National Green Tribunal for its alleged contravention of environmental legislation and constitutional rights prompting the NGT to instruct the MoEF CC to reassess the notification which led to further amendments by the government ultimately resulting in the appellant's appeal to the Supreme Court

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