Brigade moves Madras High Court against revocation of environmental clearance for Pallikaranai project
Raman complained that the EC had been revoked without following the principles of natural justice and issuing any notice to the realtor. The counsel also claimed that the construction site was located well outside the prohibited area around the marshland and that its parent title deed dates back to 1935. Quicksand in Chennai’s Pallikaranai marshlandThe submissions were made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by the construction company, challenging the revocation order passed by the SEIAA on May 12, 2026.
- ▪Raman complained that the EC had been revoked without following the principles of natural justice and issuing any notice to the realtor.
- ▪The counsel also claimed that the construction site was located well outside the prohibited area around the marshland and that its parent title deed dates back to 1935.
- ▪Quicksand in Chennai’s Pallikaranai marshlandThe submissions were made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by the construction company, challenging the revocation order passed by the SEIAA on May 12, 2026.
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The Madras High Court on Friday (July 24, 2026) directed the Tamil Nadu State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to explain, by July 28, 2026, how could it unilaterally revoke the environmental clearance (EC) issued to Brigade Enterprises Limited for constructing high-rise residential towers near the Pallikaranai marshland, a designated Ramsar wetland site.Justice Mohammed Shaffiq issued the direction after senior counsel P.S. Raman complained that the EC had been revoked without following the principles of natural justice and issuing any notice to the realtor. The counsel also claimed that the construction site was located well outside the prohibited area around the marshland and that its parent title deed dates back to 1935.
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