TAMIL NADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD vs STERLITE INDUSTRIES (I) LTD.

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2019 Supreme(SC) 176

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHA
TAMIL NADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD – Appellant
Versus
STERLITE INDUSTRIES (I) LTD. – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Parties: Mr. C.S. Vaidhyanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AAG Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Dinesh Kr. Tiwary, Adv. Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv. Jaya Kumari, Adv. Shama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, AOR Mr. G.sivabalamurugan, AOR Mr. vivek Bharti, Adv. Ms. Vandhana, Adv. Mr. Anandha Selvam, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kr. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Dubey, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv. Mrs. Rachna Gupta, AOR Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR Ms. S. Valarmathi, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR Mr. Beno Bencigar, Adv. Mr. Parijat Kishore, AOR

JUDGMENT

R.F. NARIMAN, J.

1. The present appeals arise out of orders that have been passed by the National Green Tribunal [“NGT”] dated 31.05.2013, 08.08.2013, and 15.12.2018. The brief facts necessary to appreciate the controversy raised in the present case are as follows.

2. The respondent, Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. / Vedanta Ltd., was operating a copper smelter plant at the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd. (SIPCOT) Industrial Complex at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. On 01.08.1994, the respondent received a No-Objection Certificate [“NOC”] from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board [“TNPCB”] for the production of blister copper and sulphuric acid. The environmental clearance to the project by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change [“MoEF”] followed on 16.01.1995. On 17.05.1995, the State MoEF also granted environmental clearance to the respondent. The TNPCB granted its consent under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 [“Air Act”] and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 [“Water Act”] on 22.05.1995. After obtaining the requisite permissions, the consent to operate the plant was issued on 14.10.1996 by t

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2019 Supreme(SC) 176

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHATAMIL NADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD – AppellantVersusSTERLITE INDUSTRIES (I) LTD. – Respondent

Cases Referred (5)

ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHA
TAMIL NADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD – Appellant
Versus
STERLITE INDUSTRIES (I) LTD. – Respondent