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28 May 2018

In power

AIADMK — Tamil Nadu

Acted

State government, Tamil Nadu

Under

Section 18(1)(b), Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974

Plant closure: by G.O. Ms. No. 72 of the Environment and Forests Department, the Tamil Nadu government endorsed the Pollution Control Board's closure directions of 23 May and directed the Board to seal the unit and close the plant permanently. A committee set up by the National Green Tribunal reported in November 2018 that the closure orders could not be sustained because the company had not been given notice or a hearing, and the Tribunal set aside the orders on 15 December 2018. The Supreme Court set aside the Tribunal's judgment in February 2019 for lack of jurisdiction; the Madras High Court upheld the closure in August 2020, and the Supreme Court dismissed Vedanta's petitions against that judgment in February 2024 [2][3][1]

Court: The National Green Tribunal set aside the closure orders on 15 December 2018; the Supreme Court set that judgment aside on 18 February 2019, holding that the appeal to the Tribunal was not maintainable. [2]

Court: The Supreme Court dismissed Vedanta's petitions against the Madras High Court judgment of 18 August 2020, which had upheld the closure. [3]

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