The case pertains to environmental exemptions issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change on March 28, 2020, 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.