‘Government’s Curse Prosecution’: Supreme Court Congress prohibits granting retrospective environmental cleanup

Archived pictures of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. |Picture source: ANI

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday (May 19, 2025), strikes measures, grants a proven factual environmental cleanup, and says it is a “heuristic prosecution” by the Modi government, whose domestic walking is entirely related to global environmental protection.

The Supreme Court said last Friday (May 16, 2025) that the right to live in a pollution-free atmosphere is part of the fundamental right as it deleted the Center’s office memorandum, allowing for post-event or retrospective environmental permits to violate the norm.

The judge, composed of judges Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, made harsh remarks in his judgment on the defense brought by the Vanashakti organization, saying: “The coalition government, like individual citizens, has a constitutional obligation to protect the environment.”

Former Environment Minister Mr Ramesh praised his claim that it was a “heuristic prosecution” by the Modi government.

“In a landmark decision to reaffirm the principles and practices of sustainable development, the Hoble Supreme Court canceled the Modi government’s measures on 16 May 2025, thus helping to grant the de facto environment clearance. It declared that such clearance is illogical and illegal,” Mr Ramesh said.

He said the Supreme Court ruled that the sole purpose of the 2017 notice issued by the Modi government was to block violators who deliberately did not ensure the mandatory requirements of the Environmental Environment Act (Protection) Act of 1986.

“It further ruled that the 2017 notice and the 2021 office memorandum jointly violated binding precedents, encouraged polluters and legalized degradation of air and water quality, which violated the fundamental right to a clean environment guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution.”

“The Supreme Court noted that all measures to grant all de facto environmental clearance in any way, and the Supreme Court noted that, ‘It is impossible to understand why the central government did not obtain previous ECs under the EIA notice to protect those who violate the law,’ he said.

Mr Ramesh claimed that the verdict was a “heuristic prosecution” by the Modi government and that his domestic walking was “completely different” in terms of environmental protection.

The court said what the center was trying to do “has to be very significant” and that was completely prohibited by law.

It added: “Skillfully, in fact, these words have not been used, but without them, there is a provision that effectively grants the facts after the fact. 2021 OM was issued in violation of the decision of this Court…”

Therefore, the bench announced the Office Memorandum (OM) of 2021 and the related circular “arbitrary, illegal and violating the Environmental (Protection) Act and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notice of 1986, 2006”.

As a result, the Center is limited to the direction of the issuance direction, granting an after-license in any form or manner, or formalizing conduct in violation of EIA notices.