The Supreme Court has ruled decisively to stop the Union government from ex post facto legalising projects that did not get prior environmental clearance, using a set of regulations tailor-made to ...

In Ellingburg v United States, to be argued on Oct. 14, the justices will consider whether the ex post facto clause of the Constitution applies to the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, which entitles ...

The Supreme Court’s recall of its May 2025 Vanashakti judgment, which barred ex post facto environmental clearances (EC) — a mechanism to regularise violations “in exceptional circumstances” — weakens ...

An ex-post facto approval has been granted to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed by the ministries of ...

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases: Ellingburg v. United States, No. 23-3129: This case addresses the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which ...

Issue: (1) Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional right against ex post facto punishment is compromised when a United States Sentencing Statute is amended resulting in an increased punishment, ...

Justice Bhuyan, who had co-authored the original May 16 judgment, dissented declaring the concept of ex-post facto clearance an anathema to environmental jurisprudence The Supreme Court on Tuesday, by ...

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, in a majority judgment on Tuesday, recalled its May 16 verdict declaring the Centre’s grant of ex post facto or retrospective environmental clearances (ECs) ...