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Item No. 05

Court No. 1

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL

PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI

(By Video Conferencing)

Original Application No. 237/2020

IN

Original Application No.180/2017(WZ)

(M.A. No. 383/2017)

Purva Pravin Bora & Ors.

Applicant(s)

Versus

MoEFCC& Ors.

Respondent(s)

Date of hearing: 12.03.2021

CORAM: HONBLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, CHAIRPERSON

HONBLE MR. JUSTICE SHEO KUMAR SINGH, JUDICIAL MEMBER

HONBLE DR. NAGIN NANDA, EXPERT MEMBER

Applicant:

Mr. Asim Sarode, Advocate

Respondent(s): Mr. Rakesh Mahajan, Advocate & Mr. Rahul Garg, Advocate for MoEF&CC

Ms. Manasi Joshi, Advocate for MPCB.

Mr. Sameer Khale, Advocate for Respondent No. 5.

Mr. Abhinav Shrivastava, Advocate & Mr. Karan Kohli, Advocate for

Respondent Nos. 8 & 10.

Mr. Kapil Arora, Advocate for Respondent No. 11.

ORDER

1.

Prayer in this application is to enforce the mandate of Rule 17(3) of

the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016, requiring the

manufacturers and brand owners of sanitary napkins and diapers to

provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal of each napkin or diapers along

with the packet of their sanitary products.

2.

During the hearing our atten