GOAN REAL ESTATE & CONSTRN.LD. vs UNION OF INDIA TR.SEC.MIN.OF ENV..

The Supreme Court held that the amendment to the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification dated August 16, 1994, which reduced the 'No Development Zone' from 100 meters to 50 meters, was illegal as it violated the environmental guidelines established under the original notification dated February 19, 1991. The Court emphasized that the Central Government's power to relax restrictions was unbridled and detrimental to coastal ecology. Consequently, the Court declared that the constructions made under the amended notification were invalid.