Neetu Solvents vs Vineet Nagar - 2026 Supreme(SC) 495

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2026 Supreme(SC) 495

J. K. MAHESHWARI, ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
Neetu Solvents – Appellant
Versus
Vineet Nagar – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) :Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR Mr. Hirday Virdi, Adv. For Respondent(s): Mr. Amarjeet Singh, AOR Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Mahesh Kasana, Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohatgi Jain, Adv. Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv. Mr. Vivek Bedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Shivansh Panday, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
For the Appellant(s) :Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR Mr. Hirday Virdi, Adv. For Respondent(s): Mr. Amarjeet Singh, AOR Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Mahesh Kasana, Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohatgi Jain, Adv. Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv. Mr. Vivek Bedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Shivansh Panday, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR

JUDGMENT :

J.K. MAHESHWARI, J.

1. In all these appeals, the appellants are the industries, and running the manufacturing units of Formaldehyde, its different resins (including melamine formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde and phenol formaldehyde) in the States of Rajasthan and Haryana. In Civil Appeal No.2881 of 2021, Civil Appeal No.4432 of 2021, Civil Appeal No.4431 of 2021 and Civil Appeal No.4748 of 2021 the units are situated in State of Rajasthan while in Civil Appeal No.4654 of 2021, Civil Appeal No.4908 of 2021 and Civil Appeal No.4902-4903 of 2021 the units are situated in State of Haryana.

2. Three Original Applications were preferred, being O.A. No. 298/2020 (Vineet Nagar v. CGWA), O.A. No. 287/2020 (Dastak N.G.O. v. Synochem Organics Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. and O.A. No. 840/2019 (Ayush Garg v. Union of India) before the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (for brevity ‘NGT’). In those original applications, it was contended that the units of formaldehyde manufacturing have been established and are operating without prior Environmental Clearance (for brevity ‘EC’).

3. The NGT decided all the said original applications on 03.06.2021, albeit by three different orders. The

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2026 Supreme(SC) 495

J. K. MAHESHWARI, ATUL S. CHANDURKARNeetu Solvents – AppellantVersusVineet Nagar – Respondent

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J. K. MAHESHWARI, ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
Neetu Solvents – Appellant
Versus
Vineet Nagar – Respondent