Pollution Control

Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Vedanta’s Copper Plant for Environmental Violations: Vedanta Limited vs. State of Tamil Nadu (29 February 2024)

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Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Vedanta’s Copper Plant for Environmental Violations Date of the Judgment: 29 February 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 175 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI, J B Pardiwala, J, Manoj Misra, J. Can a company continue to operate a polluting industrial plant despite repeated violations of environmental norms? The Supreme Court of […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Pet-Coke Allocation Based on Initial Capacity: Sanvira Industries vs. Rain CII Carbon (2023)

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Supreme Court Upholds Pet-Coke Allocation Based on Initial Capacity: Sanvira Industries vs. Rain CII Carbon (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the allocation of imported raw pet-coke (RPC) should be based on the production capacity of a company at the time of the Supreme Court’s initial order or on a later enhanced capacity. CASE TYPE: Environmental Law,

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Supreme Court Upholds Pet-Coke Allocation Based on Original Capacity: Sanvira Industries vs. Rain CII Carbon (2023)

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Supreme Court Upholds Pet-Coke Allocation Based on Original Capacity: Sanvira Industries vs. Rain CII Carbon (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the allocation of imported raw pet-coke (RPC) should be based on the production capacity of a company at the time of the Supreme Court’s initial order, or on a later claimed enhanced capacity. CASE TYPE: Environmental

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Supreme Court Orders Re-adjudication of Stone Crusher Pollution Case: Tejinder Kumar Jolly vs. State of Uttarakhand (2021)

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Supreme Court Orders Re-adjudication of Stone Crusher Pollution Case: Tejinder Kumar Jolly vs. State of Uttarakhand (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was correct in not adjudicating a case regarding the operation of stone crushers causing pollution. CASE TYPE: Environmental Law. Case Name: Tejinder Kumar Jolly & Anr. vs. The State of

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Supreme Court Upholds Bank Guarantee Invocation in Pollution Control Case: Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board vs. CCL Products (India) Limited (22 July 2019)

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Supreme Court Upholds Bank Guarantee Invocation in Pollution Control Case Date of the Judgment: 22 July 2019 Citation: Civil Appeal No 7005 of 2017 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and Indira Banerjee, J. The judgment was authored by Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J. The Supreme Court of India recently addressed whether a bank guarantee

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Pollution Control Case: Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board vs. Shailesh Navekar (2013)

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Date of the Judgment: May 10, 2013 Judges: Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Can appeals be dismissed without a detailed judgment? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question by dismissing two civil appeals related to a pollution control matter. This blog post summarizes the key aspects of the case, focusing

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