India, March 19 -- Auroville Township Project The Supreme Court (SC) set aside the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order on Auroville Township Project in Puducherry on March 17, 2025. NGT had restrained Auroville Foundation from proceeding with a proposed township project in Puducherry without environmental clearance (EC). The apex court said no substantial question relating to the environment had arisen, nor violation of any of the enactments specified in Schedule-I was alleged.

"The Tribunal therefore had committed gross error in assuming the jurisdiction and giving directions untenable in law," the SC said. There is the need for "sustainable development harmonising and striking a golden balance between the right to development and the r...