ORDER

Judgment pronounced through Video Conference. Both these original applications are disposed of with directions vide separate Judgment.

Pending interlocutory application, if any, shall stand disposed of.

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........................................J.M. (Justice K. Ramakrishnan)

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....................................E.M.

(Shri. Saibal Dasgupta)

O.A. No.66/2020 (SZ)

O.A. No.193/2020 (SZ)

23^rd December, 2021. Mn.

Item No.2 & 3:-

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI Original Application No. 66 of 2020 (SZ)

With Original Application No. 193 of 2020 (SZ)

(Through Video Conference)

IN THE MATTER OF:

Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu Based on the news item published in The Times of India dated 07.05.2020 under the caption “Oil leak from ONGC pipe destroys cotton on 2 Acres”

With Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu Based on the news item published in The New Indian Express, Chennai Edition dated 24.09.2020 under the caption “Paddy field filled with crude oil as ONGC pipeline leaks”

…Applicant(s)

Versus

1. The Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Government Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009.

2. Union of India, Represented by its Secretary, Ministry of Environ