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Congress person Jairam Ramesh connected Friday said helium has filed a petition successful the Supreme Court challenging ex station facto biology clearances, asserting that they are atrocious successful law, detrimental to nationalist wellness and marque a mockery of governance.
In a station connected X, Ramesh said, "Encouraged by the Supreme Court's reappraisal connected December 29th 2025 of an earlier verdict connected the redefinition of the Aravallis, I person conscionable filed a petition successful the Supreme Court challenging ex station facto biology clearances."
"Retrospective biology clearances are atrocious successful law, are detrimental to nationalist health, and marque a mockery of governance," the erstwhile situation curate said.
Mr. Ramesh said they springiness an casual mode retired to those who are really wilful defaulters. Ignorance of the instrumentality cannot beryllium an excuse for violating it, helium added.
Last month, the Congress wide caput had urged the Supreme Court to instrumentality suo motu cognisance of 3 "urgent" biology matters.
In a station connected X, Mr. Ramesh referred to the apex court's bid recalling, connected its own, its November 20 verdict connected the redefinition of the Aravallis and said it was astir indispensable and welcome.
"Now, 3 different urgent tasks await the Honourable Supreme Court connected biology matters that should besides beryllium taken up suo moto, similar the Aravallis matter," helium said.
Mr. Ramesh said that connected November 18, the Supreme Court had besides opened the doorway for a reappraisal of its earlier verdict from May 16 barring retrospective biology approvals.
"Such approvals spell against the precise foundations of jurisprudence and marque a mockery of governance. The reappraisal was uncalled for. Retrospective approvals should ne'er beryllium permitted," Ramesh said.
The Congress had termed arsenic "doubly disappointing" the Supreme Court recalling its judgement that prohibited post-facto biology clearances to projects, and said retrospective approvals with penalties, howsoever heavy, is nary solution arsenic it lone regularises the by-passing of laws.
The Supreme Court, by a 2:1 majority, recalled its May 16 judgement that had prohibited the Centre from granting retrospective biology clearances (ECs) to projects recovered violating biology norms.
A seat comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran delivered 3 abstracted verdicts connected a batch of astir 40 reappraisal and modification pleas filed against the Vanashakti judgement.
The verdict connected May 16 by a seat of Justice A S Oka, since retired, and Justice Bhuyan had barred the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the authorities acrophobic from granting retrospective biology clearances (ECs) to projects which are recovered successful usurpation of biology norms.
CJI Gavai and Justice Chandran recalled the May 16 verdict and placed the substance earlier an due seat for reconsideration of the issues afresh.
