The Supreme Court has held that constructions done by real estate firms between 1994 to 1996 in the 50-metre zones from the coast lines are not illegal.<br/><br/>The constructions were allowed after Government had brought an amendment in 1994 in the Coastal Regulation Zone Act, 1991 reducing the 100-metre 'no development zone' to 50-metre.<br/><br/>However, the amendment in the law was set aside in 1996 by the apex court on public interest litigation.<br/><br/>A real estate firm from Goa had approached the apex court after the state government stopped it from completing the construction for which the clearance was secured before the judgement.<br/><br/>Allowing its plea, a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice J M Panchal held that the construction which started before the amendment was quashed by the apex court cannot be termed as illegal.<br/><br/>