India, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday asked lawyers challenging its decision upholding the Centre's ex-post facto grant of environmental clearance (EC) for development projects to act as "responsible citizens" and consider the consequences for the nation, while posting the matter for hearing on Monday.

Following its November 18, 2025, judgment reviving the Centre's 2017 and 2021 notifications that grant environmental clearance to projects after they have commenced operations, the court had listed the original petitions challenging these notifications along with applications filed by project developers seeking relief under the November ruling.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, "We will take up thes...