Dheeraj Tiwari vs MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 1817

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEO KUMAR SINGH, J
Dheeraj Tiwari – Appellant
Versus
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Prakash Upadhyay, Sr. Adv., Mr. Harpreet Singh Gupta, Adv., Ms. Nancy Chaturvedi, Adv., Mr. Srajan Jain, Adv., Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Abhinay Sharma, Adv., Ms. Parul Khurana, Adv., Ms. Kirti Vyas, Adv., Mr. Om Shankar Shrivastava, Adv., Mr. Aadil Choudhary, Adv., Mr. Shariq Choudhary, Adv., Mr. Kartikey Bhatia, Adv., Mr. Himanshu Malik, Adv., Mr. Tariq Siddqui, Adv., Mr. Fahad Qureshi, Adv.

JUDGMENT

1. This Application has been filed by the Applicant with the following prayers:-

“(a) Quash and set aside the Consent to Operate dated 23 August 2024 and/or any other consent to operate being issued to Respondent No. 6 during the pendency of the instant application;

(b) Directions be passed for the immediate closure of the Respondent No. 6’s Unit at Plot No. 17/N, Heavy Industrial Area, Hathkhoj, Bhilai, District – Durg, Chhattisgarh;

(c) Directions be passed for the stay of the operation of the Respondent No. 6’s Unit at Plot No. 17/N, Heavy Industrial Area, Hathkhoj, Bhilai, District – Durg, Chhattisgarh till disposal of this application;

(d) Directions be passed upon the Respondent No. 3 not to issue any consent to operate to the Respondent No. 6 till the pendency of this application;

(e) Direct the Respondent No. 5 and 7 to stay the grant of Environmental Clearance to the Respondent No. 6 till the disposal of this application;

(f) Injunction restraining the operation of the Unit of the Respondent No. 6 at Plot No. 17/N, Heavy Industrial Area, Hathkhoj, Bhilai, District – Durg, Chhattisgarh, till the Respondent No. 6 is granted the Environment Clearance as per the EIA 2006 dat

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2025 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 1817

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEO KUMAR SINGH, JDheeraj Tiwari – AppellantVersusMINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE – Respondent

Cases Referred (2)

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEO KUMAR SINGH, J
Dheeraj Tiwari – Appellant
Versus
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE – Respondent