THE TALOJA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION vs THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE - 2024-07-23

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IA No. 182167/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATIO N IA No. 188291/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATIO N IA No. 183753/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMEN T IA No. 183757/2019 - MODIFICATIO N IA No. 46723/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONA L DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURE S IA No. 34336/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONA L DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURE S IA No. 158757/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONA L DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURE S IA No. 158507/2019 - STAY APPLICATION )

WIT H C.A. No. 8154/2019 (XVII )

(IA No. 164241/2019 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTIO N IA No. 161457/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNE D

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IA No. 169788/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONA L DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURE S IA No. 164239/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONA L DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURE S IA No. 161456/2019 - STAY APPLICATION )

C.A. No. 9468/2019 (XVII )

(IA No. 194140/2019 - STAY APPLICATION )

Diary No(s). 21181/2023 (XVII )

(IA No. 114598/2023 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEA L IA No. 114599/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY )

Date : 23-07-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today .

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMH A HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHA L For Appellant(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor Genera l Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv .

Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv . Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv . Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv .

Mr. Krishna Prakash Dubey, Adv .

Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AO R Mr. Siddharth Sangal, Adv .

Mr. Himanshu Mane, Adv .

Mr. S.S. Kadam, Adv .

Mr. Naresh Panwar, Adv .

Ms. Manju Jetley, AO R Mr. Soumik Ghosal, AO R Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AO R For Respondent(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G .

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AO R Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv .

Ms. Apoorv Kurup, Adv .

Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv .

Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv .

Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv .

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv .

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AO R Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv . Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv .

Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv .

Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv .

Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv .

Mr. Avijit Roy, AO R Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor Genera l Mr. Tushar Mehta, Sr. Adv .

Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv .

Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv . Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv .

Mr. Shashank Singh, AO R Mr. Krishna Prakash Dubey, Adv .

Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv .

Mr. Soumik Ghosal, AO R Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv . Mr. Mr. G. Pal. Adv, Adv .

Ms. Shyamali Gadre Aor, Adv .

Mr. Soumik Ghosal, Adv .

Ms. Anupam Dhuarve. Adv, Adv .

M/S. Black & White Solicitors, AO R Mr. Mahesh Kumar Tiwari, Adv .

Ms. Nishi Prabha Singh, Adv .

Mr. Rajendra Umap, Adv .

Mr. K S Kumar, Adv .

Mr. Ashwini Mishra, Adv . Mr. Ashvini Mishra, Adv . Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AO R Mr. Chetan Nagare, Adv . Mr. Sushil Sonkar, Adv .

Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AO R Mr. Ashwin Shete, Adv .

Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv .

Mr. Patil Avi Vilas, Adv .

Mr. Arjun M Raghavendra, Adv .

Mr. Arvind Gupta, AO R Mr. Sunil Kumar Roy, Adv .

Mr. R. P. Gupta, AO R Mr. Vivek Kohli, Sr. Adv .

Ms. Neetika Bajaj, Adv .

Mr. Gaurav Anand, Adv .

Mrs. Bhavya Bhatia, Adv .

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AO R UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the followin g

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1. We direct the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to file a n affidavit indicating the state of affairs in the Taloj a Manufacturing Industrial Area. The report shall also indicat e whether all the effluent treatment plants have been established an d whether they have been functioning effectively or not .

2. The comprehensive report shall be filed within a period o f three weeks from today .

3. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board before submitting th e report shall elicit complete information from the Common Effluen t Treatment Plant (CETP) and shall incorporate the said informatio n in the affidavit .

4. List after four weeks .

(KAPIL TANDON) (NIDHI WASON )

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH )