1. Petitions concerning reclamation and rehabilitation; CEC report filed for consideration. (Para 1 )
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2012 Supreme(SC) 126
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
S.H.KAPADIA, CJI., AFTAB ALAM, SWATANTER KUMAR, JJ.
State of A.P.
v.
Obulapuram Mining Co. (P) Ltd.
SLPs. © Nos. 7366-67 of 2010 with WP (c) 562 of 2009
Decided On : 10-02-2012
Important Points
The court emphasized that parties must cooperate with an appointed empowered committee to establish appropriate principles and parameters for reclamation and rehabilitation to ensure an expeditious process.
Subject
Civil Law - Environmental Law
Headnote
(A) Procedural Order - Reclamation and Rehabilitation - Cooperation with an empowered committee - Parties directed to work out principles and parameters for expeditious rehabilitation based on responses to a final report. (Para 1)
(B) Interlocutory Applications - Dismissal - Applications dismissed as withdrawn. (Para 3)
Facts of the case:
Petitions were pending before the court following the submission of a final report by an empowered committee. The court noted the necessity of reviewing responses from the parties to the said report and emphasized the need to address the reclamation and rehabilitation aspects of the matter.
Findings of Court:
The court directed that the petitions be adjourned to allow the empowered committee to integrate the parties' responses and urged the parties to cooperate with the committee to determine appropriate parameters for rehabilitation.
Issues: The primary issue was the procedural timeline for considering party responses to the committee's report and the establishment of principles for rehabilitation.
Ratio Decidendi:/ To ensure an expeditious and effective rehabilitation process, the court held that parties must cooperate with the appointed committee to finalize parameters based on factual responses before the court proceeds with the hearing.
Result: Petitions adjourned for two weeks; certain interlocutory applications dismissed as withdrawn.
(B) Interlocutory Applications - Dismissal - Applications dismissed as withdrawn. (Para 3)
Facts of the case:
Petitions were pending before the court following the submission of a final report by an empowered committee. The court noted the necessity of reviewing responses from the parties to the said report and emphasized the need to address the reclamation and rehabilitation aspects of the matter.
Findings of Court:
The court directed that the petitions be adjourned to allow the empowered committee to integrate the parties' responses and urged the parties to cooperate with the committee to determine appropriate parameters for rehabilitation.
Issues: The primary issue was the procedural timeline for considering party responses to the committee's report and the establishment of principles for rehabilitation.
Ratio Decidendi:/ To ensure an expeditious and effective rehabilitation process, the court held that parties must cooperate with the appointed committee to finalize parameters based on factual responses before the court proceeds with the hearing.
Result: Petitions adjourned for two weeks; certain interlocutory applications dismissed as withdrawn.
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Judgment
1. The petitions shall stand over for two weeks in order to enable the Central Empowered Committee to take into account the responses of the parties to its final report dated 3-2-2012. We make it clear that this Court would like to hear the parties on reclamation and rehabilitation aspect of the case at the earliest. We want the parties appearing before us to cooperate with CEC and work out appropriate principles/parameters for expeditious rehabilitation. In the meantime, we direct CEC to consider the unnumbered IA filed by the petitioner in Writ Petition (C) No. 562 of 2009 for appropriate recommendations.
2. Place the matter as regards CBI after two weeks.
3. IAs Nos. 40-41 and the unnumbered IA relating to Chidananda are dismissed as withdrawn.
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