W.P(C)No. 657 OF 1995 ITEM No.2 Court No. 3 SECTION PIL XIV & III A/N MATTER S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(Civil) No.657/1995 RESEARCH FOUNDN. FOR SCIENCE Petitioner (s) VERSUS U O I & ANR. Respondent (s) ( With Appln(s). for impleadment and impleading party & directions & exemption from filing O.T. and office report) ( For final disposal) With SLP(C)No.16175/1997 (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and impleading party and intervention) (For final disposal) C.A.No.7660/1997 (With office report) (For final disposal) Date : 23/11/2004 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Y.K. SABHARWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.H. KAPADIA For the parties : Mr. Sanjay Parikh,Adv. Mr.Abinash K.Misra,Adv. Mr.AN Singh,Adv. Mr. Pramod Swarup,Adv. Mr. Ameet Singh, Adv. Ms.B.Vijayalakshmi Menon,Adv. For UOI Mr.PP Malhotra,ASG Mr. Vineet Malhotra, Adv. Ms. Anil Katiyar, Adv. Ms. Parina Swarup, Adv. Ms. Pareen Swarup, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, Adv. For JN Port Trust Mr.Ajay Sharma,Adv. For CPCB Mr. Vijay Panjwani,Adv. & JK Pollution Control Board. Mrs Manik Karanjawala,Adv. Mr. K.B. Rohtagi,Adv. Ms.Aparna R.Jain,Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kasana,Adv. For DSIDC Mr. D.N. Goburdhan, Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand, Adv. Ms. Geeta Luthra, Adv. For Maharashtra PCB Mr. R.C. Verma,Adv. Mr.Mukesh Verma,Adv. Mr. Manish Shanker,Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur,Adv. Mr.Rajesh Pathak,Adv. Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed,Adv. For UP PCB Mr. Pradeep Misra,Adv. Mr.T.Mahipal,Adv. For Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv. Mr.Rituraj Biswas,Adv. Mr. Anurag Sharma,Adv. For Manipur Mr.Khwairakpam Nobin Singh,Adv. For Bihar Ms Sunita R.Singh,Adv. Mr. B.B. Singh,Adv. For Arunachal P.PCB Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Ms.Jyoti Dutt, Adv. For State of Asssam Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. Atul Kumar, Adv. For corporate Law Group, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma,Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena,Adv. Mrs Urmila Sirur,Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri,Adv. For West Bengal Mr. R. Mohan, ASG Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. For Mumbai Port Trust Mr. JB Dadachanji,Adv. Mr.Buddy A.Rangnadhan,Adv.for M/s J.B. Dadachanji & Co. For Assam Ms Krishna Sarma,Adv. Mr. Niraj Kumar, Ad. For Corporate Law Group, Adv. For Rajasthan Pollution Control Board Mr. K.b. Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohatgi, Adv. For Rajasthan Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, AAG Mr. Vaveen Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Shivangi, Adv. For Orissa PCB Mr. Janaranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Swetaketu Mishra, Adv. Ms.Moushumi Gahlot,Adv. For A.P. Mr. TV Ratnam,Adv. For Maharashtra Mr.Mukesh K.Giri,Adv. For Meghalaya Mr.Ranjan Mukherjee,Adv. For Sikkim Mr. A.Mariarputham, Adv. Ms.Aruna Mathur, Adv. For M/s Arputham Aruna & Co. For Gujarat,Mizoram, Ms. H.Wahi,Aruna Gupta,Monika Bapna, GPCB Sadhna Sandhu,Advs. For Nagaland Mr. U. Hazarika, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika,Adv. For Goa Ms.A.Subhashini,Adv. For Pondicherry & Pondicherry PCB Mr.V.G Pragasam,Adv. For Karnataka PCB Mr. Mahesh Agrawal,Adv. Mr.Rishi Agrawal,Adv. Mr.EC Agrawala,Adv. For H.P. Mr.JS Attri,AAG Mr.Vineet Sinha,Adv. For M.P. PCB Mr. R.C. Verma,Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma,Adv. Mr. Manish Shanker, Adv. For U.P. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra,Adv. Mr.Rajeev K.Dubey,Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singh, Adv. For T.Nadu P.C.B. Mr. R. Ayyam perumal, Adv. Mr. S. Vallinayagam, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kr. Jain, Adv. Mr. R.K. Joshi, Adv. Mr. A.P.Dhamija, Adv. Mr. H.D. Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Sarad Singhania, Adv. Mr. L.P.Singh, Adv. ` Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Sushila Ram, Adv. Mr. Parveen Pruthi, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. Ms. Anoopam Modak, Adv. For Versatile Export Mr. Chandra Kant Nayak, Adv. Mr. Atishi Dipankar, Adv. For Ludhiana Refineries Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vinod Shukla, Adv. Ms. S. Janani, Adv. For M/s Eleven Star Esscon Ltd. Mr. S. Madhusudhan Babu, Adv. Mr. D.N. Mishra, Adv. For M/s Indo Chemicals Ltd. Mr. Tarun Gulati, Adv. Mrs. Vanita Bhargava, Adv. Ms. Bina Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Divya Roy, Adv. For Royal Impex Ms. Sushila Ram, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv. Mr. L.N. Joshi, Adv. For U.P. Mr. Sunil Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Huzeffa Ahmadi, Adv. Mr. Nakul Dewan, Adv. Mr. Gourav Kejriwal, Adv. Ms. Minakshi Nag, Adv. Ms. Saquib Arbab, Adv. Mr. Vikash Singh, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv. ` Mr.Jayant Bhushan,Adv. Mr.KK Gupta,Adv. Mr.Pramod Dayal,Adv. Mr.BV Balaram Das,Adv. Mr.Shail Kumar Dwivedi,Adv. Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Naveen Singh, Adv. Ms. S.Janani, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Javed Mahmud Rao, Adv. Ms. Bina Gupta, Adv. Mr. D.N.Mishra, Adv. Mr. K.K. Gupta, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Mr. Sanjay Parikh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant commenced his arguments at 10.50 A.M. and concluded at 12.10 PM. Thereafter, Mr. Tarun Gulati, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Indo Chemicals Ltd. made his submissions for ten minutes. After that Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, learned counsel started his arguments and concluded at 3.15 PM. Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, learned counsel appearing appearing on behalf of Ludhiana Refineries (Noticee No.8) also made his submissions for ten minutes. Ms. Sushila Ram, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Royal Impex (Noticee No.l5) started his arguments at 3.25 PM and concluded at 3.40 PM. After that Mr. S. Madhusudhan Babu, learned counsel appearing on behalf of M/s Eleven Star Ltd.(Noticee No.14) commenced his arguments and concluded when the court rose for the day. The matter remained part-heard. ( Satish K. Yadav ) ( VP Tyagi ) Court Master Court Master