Oct 2000 Judgement by Jsts. Anand and Kirpal  
Ignoring the scale of displacement and maintaining that a conditional clearance cannot lapse even though conditions are not met,  the SC ordered dam construction while holding that the Tribunal Award was supreme and its rehabilitation as well as dam construction clauses could not be reviewed until 45 years (counting from 1979).

Oct 2000 Minority Judgement by Jst. Bharucha (not enforceable)
Justice Bharucha was the only one who heard the entire Narmada case and gave a dissenting judgement stating that the conditional environmental clearance to Sardar Sarovar has lapsed.

March 2005 Judgement by Jsts. Sabharwal, Balakrishnan and Sinha
Caring about the displaced families, the Supreme Court held that rehabilitation was severely lagging and that the government should stop discriminating against flood or temporarily affected families and major sons. They all have to be rehabilitated along with the permanently affected families and not postponbed to a later stage.