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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 2079

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL KOLKATA (EASTERN ZONE BENCH)
B. Amit Sthalekar, Judicial Member, Arun Kumar Verma, Expert Member
Satrughan Meher – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Sankar Prasad Pani, Advocate
For the Respondents:Mr. Satyabrata Mohanty, AGA for R-1, 2, 5 to 7, Mr. Dipanjan Ghosh, Advocate for R-3, Mr. Apurba Ghosh, Advocate for R-4, Ms. Rashhmi Singhee, Advocate for R-8, Mr. Ashok Prasad, Advocate for R-10, Mr. Ankur Upadhyay, Advocate for R-9 & 11

Table of Content
1. alleged illegal morrum extraction for railway project. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. eia exemptions and sop for ordinary earth borrowing. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9)
3. joint committee findings on illegal extraction and ec. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
4. responses from authorities and project proponents. (Para 15 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 34)
5. railway exemption claims under railways act. (Para 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33)
6. evidence of violations and penalties imposed. (Para 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39)
7. analysis of railways act vs. environment act conflict. (Para 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46)
8. contractor not exempt from environmental laws. (Para 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54)
9. agent-principal relationship does not confer exemption. (Para 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59)
10. supreme court striking down blanket ec exemptions. (Para 60 , 61 , 62)
11. recompute ec post-2022; no costs ordered. (Para 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68)

The allegation of the Applicant in the present Original Application is that the Respondent No.9, RSA Infra Project Private Limited, is executing the fourth Railway Line Track from Jharsuguda to Bilaspur for which earth

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