In Brief
The Supreme Court examined challenges to the Central Vista Project's environmental clearance and land use change in Delhi. The Court held that change in land use is a permissible modification under the Delhi Development Act, 1957, and that the statutory procedure was substantially followed, though there was a technical procedural violation regarding public hearing notice timing. The Court declined to interfere with the Government's policy and project priorities, emphasizing that judicial review must operate within judicially manageable standards and cannot substitute judicial judgment for executive discretion on merits. The matter was partly allowed with remission to the Expert Appraisal Committee for independent environmental clearance decision.
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