Lucknow, July 23 -- The Supreme Court has allowed the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) Authority to process around 400 pending applications for setting up non-polluting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the ecologically sensitive area surrounding the Taj Mahal.

Conditional Clearance with Expert Oversight

The court directed that all proposals must be examined by experts from the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). It clarified that if either expert raises objections, the application cannot be approved without prior permission from the court.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, on Thursday passe...