NORTHERN COALFIELDS LTD vs ASHWANI KUMAR DUBEY - 2024-02-19

O R D E R

1. Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General has submitted that CA No. 3122 of 2020 and 2286-2287 of 2021 pertain to the issue of utilization and disposal of fly ash by thermal power plants and that similar matters have been disposed of by this Court vide judgment dated 10.05.2022.

2. In view of the submission made by the Solicitor General, we take note of the Notification dated 31.12.2021 and the order of this Court in M/s Aravali Power Co Pvt Ltd vs. Vedprakash and Another dated 10.05.2022, 2022 INSC 547, disposing of the proceedings as under:

“13 In view of the above discussions, and having regard to the notification dated 31 December 2021, the impugned orders of the National Green Tribunal shall stand set aside.

14 The appeals shall stand disposed in terms of the above directions.

15 We clarify that this judgment shall not be construed as a decision on merits upholding the validity of the notification dated 31 December 2021. Any party aggrieved by the terms of the notification would be at liberty to pursue the remedies which are available in law before the appropriate forum.”

3. In view of the notification and following the order passed by this Court, we dispose of these two appeals on similar terms.

4. Accordingly, appeals are disposed of.

...........................J. [PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA]

..........................J.

[ARAVIND KUMAR]

NEW DELHI;

FEBRUARY 19, 2024.

ITEM NO.63 COURT NO.16 SECTION XVII S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Civil Appeal No(s). 4251-4252/2019 NORTHERN COALFIELDS LTD Appellant(s)

VERSUS ASHWANI KUMAR DUBEY & ORS. Respondent(s)

IA No. 169299/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 167874/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 41777/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

WITH C.A. No. 5324-5325/2019 (XVII)

(FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 79727/2019 FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 170529/2019 IA No. 79727/2019 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 170529/2019 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

C.A. No. 9035/2019 (XVII)

(FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 180163/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 180164/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 180165/2019 FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 182314/2019 FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 182315/2019 IA No. 180163/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 182314/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 180164/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT

IA No. 180165/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 182315/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

C.A. No. 9339/2019 (XVII)

(FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 186439/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 186442/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 186443/2019 FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ON IA 186446/2019 IA No. 186439/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 186442/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT

IA No. 186443/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 186446/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

C.A. No. 3122/2020 (XVII)

IA No. 83700/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT

IA No. 83702/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 83701/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 83699/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)

C.A. No. 2983/2020 (XVII)

IA No. 74503/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT

IA No. 74504/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 74502/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 74501/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)

C.A. No. 3329/2020 (XVII)

IA No. 90390/2020 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES IA No. 99023/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 90389/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT

IA No. 99024/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.

IA No. 99022/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 90388/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)

C.A. No. 3402/2020 (XVII)

IA No. 103689/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 103691/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 100145/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT

IA No. 100143/2020 - STAY APPLICATION)

C.A. No. 2286-2287/2021 (XVII)

( IA No.68044/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.68045/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.68043/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL)

Date : 19-02-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR For Appellant(s) Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Vibhanshu Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Nirmit Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. M. Shaz Khan, Adv. Mr. Adnan Yousuf, Adv.

Mr. Gaurav Dudeja, Adv.

Mr. Archit Upadhayay, AOR Mr. Akarsh Garg, Adv.

Mr. Ashutosh Ranjan, Adv.

Mr. Dhruval Singh, Adv.

M/S. Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Ilesh Shukla, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv.

Mr. Chetan Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sarthak Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Samarth Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Manav Jain, Adv.

Mr. Shri Venkatesh, Adv.

Mr. Anant Singh Ubeja, Adv.

Ms. Kanika Chugh, Adv.

Ms. Nehal Jain, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Nangia, Adv.

Mr. Bharath Gangadharan, Adv.

Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, AOR Ms. Anisha Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Vikram Singh Baid, Adv.

Mr. Ajitesh Garg, Adv.

Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR For Respondent(s) Caveator-in-person, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Saket Sikri, Adv.

Mr. Vikalp Mudgal, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Singh Kullar, Adv.

Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv.

Ms. Sarath Nambiar, Adv.

Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.

Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv.

M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.

Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G.

Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Singh Ga, Adv.

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G.

Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Baijnath Patel, Adv.

Mr. Mirza Kayesh Begg, Adv.

Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv.

Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv.

Mr. Argha Roy, Adv.

Mr. Ojaswini Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR Ms. Priyanka Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Malhotra, Adv.

Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, AOR Mr. Jaskirat Singh, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv.

Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv.

Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Bhuwan Chand, Adv. Mr. Ajay Aggarwal, AAG Mr. Apurva Aggarwal, Adv.

Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv.

Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR M/S. Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Ilesh Shukla, Adv.

Mr. Manav Jain, Adv.

Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv.

Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv.

Mr. Chetan Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sarthak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Nishant Rao, Adv.

Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR M/S. Trilegal Advocates On Record, AOR Mr. Rajat Jariwal, Adv.

Mr. S. Abhishek Iyer, Adv.

Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.

Ms. Aayushi Khurana, Adv.

Ms. Nastassia Khurana, Adv.

Ms. Shatakshi Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Nitin Mishra, AOR Ms. Mitali Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, AOR Ms. Anisha Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, AOR Mr. Sunil Mund, Adv.

Mr. Sujit Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Biswajit Kumar Patra, Adv. Mr. Chandrashekhar Padhi, Adv.

Mr. Surya Kanta Padhi, Adv.

Ms. Charu Sangwan, AOR Mr. Gaurav Dudeja, Adv.

Mr. Akarsh Garg, Adv.

Mr. Archit Upadhayay, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Ranjan, Adv.

Mr. Dhruval Singh, Adv.

M/S. Unuc Legal Llp, AOR Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv.

Mr. Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Adv.

Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, Adv.

Mr. Shri Venkatesh, Adv.

Mr. Anant Singh Ubeja, Adv.

Ms. Kanika Chugh, Adv.

Ms. Nehal Jain, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Nangia, Adv.

Mr. Bharath Gangadharan, Adv.

Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Mr. Shantanu Kumar, AOR Mr. Honey Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ashish Batra, Adv.

Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR Mr. Deepak Khurana, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Wadhwa, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

CA No. 3122/2020 and CA No. 2286-2287/2021 Appeals are disposed of in terms of the Signed Order which is place on the file.

Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

Remaining matters At the request of the parties, list the matters on 26.02.2024 to enable them to file their responses.

Post C.A. No. 3191 of 2020 along with this batch of matters.

(KAPIL TANDON) (NIDHI WASON)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)