2002 Supreme(SC) 2077
B. N. KIRPAL, V. N. KHARE, ASHOK BHAN
M. C. Mehta – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Harish N. Salve, S.G. (A.C.), Mr. Uday Umesh Lalit, (A.C.), Ms. Aparajita Singh, Mr. Siddharth Choudhary, Ms. Gayatri Goswami, Mr. M.C. Mehta, Petr. in Person (N.P.), Advocates, IA 179:Mr. Uday Umesh Lalit, Advocate, IA 180:Mr. D S Mahra, Advocate, IA 182 and 183:Mr. G L Sanghi, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jain, Mr. J P Dhanda, Advocates. IA 184:Mr. J S Chadha, applicant in person., Advocate, IA 185:Mr. Abhijit Sen Gupta, Advocate, IA 188-189, 190, 187:Mr. D S Mahra, Advocate, IA 151:Mr. G K Bansal, Mr. Sanjay Bansal, Advocates. SLP..CC6990-91/00:Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate, SLP13208:Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Advocate, IA 192:Mr. R K Kapoor, Mr. B R Kapur, Mr. Sumit Kumar Khatri and Mr. C S Ashri, Advocates. IA 194 and 195:Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Ms. Kirti R. Mishra, Advocates. IA 181:Ms. Rani Chhabra, Advocate, WP 227/01:Ms. Naresh Bakshi, Advocate, WP 355/01:Mr. Goodwill Indeevar, Advocate,
For the Min. of Env./U.O.I. :Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG., Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Mr. Y.P. Mahajan, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Advocates.
For the Delhi Police :Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, ASG, Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocates.
For the NCT Delhi :Mr. V P Singh, Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocates.
For the Min. of Surface Transport :Ms. Niranjana Singh, Advocate.
For the TELCO :Mr. Percy Gandhi, Mr. R.N. Karanjawala, Ms. Nandini Gore, Ms. Devika Khanna, Ms. Manik Karanjawala, Advocates.
For the D.T.C. :Ms. A. Subhashini, Advocate.
For the N.C.R.P.B. :Ms. Sheil Sethi, Advocate.
For the C.P.C.B. :Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Advocate.
For the D.D.A. :Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, M/s VB Saharya & Co., Advocates.
For SIAM & Ashok Leyland :Mr. Shri Narain, Mr. Sandeep Narain, Advocates.
For the STA Operators :Ms. Sudha Pal, Mr. Rajeev K. Dubey, Ms. Rani Chhabra, Advocates.
For the I.G.L. :Mr. P Chidambaram, Mr. Siddharth Yadav, Ms. Simran Mehta, Mr. Rakesh Kr. Sharma, Advocates.
For the I.O.C.L. Mr. H K Puri, Mr. S.K. Puri, Mr. Ujjwal Banerjee, Ms. Anindita Gupta, Mr. Rakesh K. Khanna, Mr. Reetesh Singh, Mr. Surya Kant, Advocates.
For the B.P.C.L. :Mr. Parijat Sinha, Advocate.
For the D.P.C.C. :Mr. R.C. Verma, Mr. Mukesh Verma, Ms. Sangeeta Sharma, Mr. Praveen Swarup, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Ms. Aruna Gupta, Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Mr. Satish K Agnihotri, Mr. K K Rai, Mr. B B Singh, Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, Mr. G. Prakash, Mr. Deepak M Nargolkar, Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Mr. Manish Singhvi, Advocates.
ORDER :
1. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
2. Today for the first time, on the basis of the affidavits filed on behalf of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), this Court is sought to be informed, though not in very clear and explicit terms, that compression capacity and dispensing capacity of a station dispensing gas are two different things. Again for the first time in the affidavit dated 8th August, 2002 on behalf of IGL, this Court is being informed that "for comfortable fuelling (generally without queue or at the most waiting period of 10-15 minutes during the peak period), the sales/offtake should be around 40% of the compression capacity" and "that because sales/offtake is 66% - 68% of the compression capacity, there are long queues at CNG stations."
3. Over the last two years, various affidavits filed on behalf of IGL had assured the Court that it will be able to meet the demand of the transport sector in Delhi, but for the fact that it was not getting sufficient supplies. It is for this reason that the Union of India was directed by this Court to make available 16.1 lakh kg of CNG per day to ensure that the requirement of the transport sector in Delhi is met. It i
Click Here to Read the rest of this document
Back
