India, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the work on the proposed Indian Law Society (ILS) Hill Road in Pune, part of the Balbharati-Paud Phata Link Road project, can proceed only after obtaining necessary environmental clearance (EC).

The case was heard by a bench of Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice Vinod Chandran. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, along with advocates Abhijit Kulkarni, Rahul Garg, Dhaval Malhotra, and Nisha Chavan, represented the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

"We direct that the project shall not be commenced unless environmental clearance is granted by the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) authority," the bench said. "Taking into consideration that the project has been pending for a long pe...