Supreme Court of India
Vedanta Limited v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, the Special Leave Petitions shall stand dismissed.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Impugned orders passed by the High Court directing closure of the copper smelter operated by the petitioner at the industrial complex in Tamil Nadu for violations of numerous environmental norms, if justified. Headnotes Environmental Laws – Environmental pollution and degradation – Copper smelter operated by the petitioner at the industrial complex in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu – Closure of, for violations of numerous environmental norms by the High Court – Interference with: Held: Industrial establishment was not exculpated of its liability for environmental violations
Authorities it was built on
- 1996 Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1961 Chandi Prasad Chokhani v. The State of Bihar
- 2013 G. Sundarrajan v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1991 Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar and Ors.
- 2019 Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board v. Sterlite Industries (i) Ltd. & Ors.
- 1950 Pritam Singh v. The State
- 2022 D. Swamy v. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and Ors
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee Rep. by its Secretary Mr. R. Rajebdran v. The District Collector, Vellore District & Others
- 2024 Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to
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