ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.3 SECTION PIL 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. for impleadment/directions and exemption from filing O.T. and clarification/directions and office report) WITH SLP(C) NO. 16175 of 1997 (With appln. for ex-parte stay and impleading party) Civil Appeal NO. 7660 of 1997 (With office report) SUO MOTO CONMT.PET.(C) NO. 155 of 2005 in W.P.(C) No. 657/1995 (With office report) Date: 12/03/2007 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE ARIJIT PASAYAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.H. KAPADIA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Mr. A.N.Singh, Adv. Mr. Jitin Sahni,Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Anil Kumar Jha,Adv. Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta ,Adv Mr. Naveen Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Gupta,Adv. -2- Mr. Gopal Subramaniam, A.S.G. Mr. Satyakam,Adv. Mr. R.C. Kathia,Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran, Adv. Mrs Anil Katiyar ,Adv Mr. B.Krishna Prasad, Adv. Mr. B. Datta, ASG Mr. Ajay Sharma,Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra,Adv. Mr. Raj Panjwani,Adv. Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur ,Adv Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. A.Subhashini, Adv. Mr. A.Mariarputham, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. for M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co. Mr. Ajay Siwach,Adv. Mr. Manjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. T.V.George, Adv. Mr. R. Mohan, ASG Mr. S. Vallinayagam,Adv. Mr. S. Prabhu Ramasubramanian,Adv. Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. S. Vallinayagam,Adv. Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. J.S.Attri, AAG Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv. Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jain, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Singh,Adv. Ms. Neha Sharma,Adv. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shweta Chadha,Adv. Ms. Meha Kiran, Adv. Ms. Akanksha, Adv. -3- Ms. Bina Gupta ,Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta ,Adv. Mr. D.N. Mishra ,Adv. Mr. D.N. Goburdhan ,Adv Ms. Pinky Anand, Adv. Ms. Geeta Luthra, Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand, Adv. Mr. D.N. Goburdhun,Adv. Mr. Rajesh Pathak,Adv. Mr. C.A. Sundram, Sr.Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Vinod Ravani,Adv. Mr. Gaurav Goel,Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma,Adv. Mr. Dhrupad Kashyap,Adv. Mr. E.C.Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool ,Adv Mr. Gopal Singh ,Adv. Mr. Nishakant Pandey,Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi ,Adv Ms. Shivangi, Adv. Mr. Janaranjan Das ,Adv. Mr. Swetaketu Mishra, Adv. for Sinha and Das Mr. Janaranjan Das ,Adv Mr. Swetaketu Mishra, Adv. Mr. K.B. Rohtagi ,Adv. Mrs. Manik Karanjawala ,Adv Mr. Buddy A.Ranganadhan, Adv. for M/S J.B. Dadachanji & Co. Mr. Pramod Swarup ,Adv. -4- Mr. Pradeep Misra ,Adv. Mrs. Urmila Sirur ,Adv. Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed ,Adv. Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Adv. Ms. S. Janani ,Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Manish Shanker, Adv. Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Adv. Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra ,Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma ,Adv. Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh ,Adv Mr. David Rao,Adv. Mr. Radha Shyam Jena ,Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde ,Adv Mr. Chandrakanta Nayak, Adv. Mr. Atishi Dipankar ,Adv. Mrs. Jayashree Wad, Adv. Mr. Ashish Wad, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Chirag Dave, Adv. for M/S. J.S. Wad & Co. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar ,Adv. Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija ,Adv. Mr. Adish Agrawal, Sr.Adv. Ms. Savitri Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra ,Adv Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia ,Adv Mr. Ajay Sharma ,Adv. -5- Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika ,Adv Mr. K.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pramod Dayal, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. B.V.Balaram Das, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Mr. A.N.Singh, Adv. Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Adv. Mr. Amit Goel, Adv. Mr. S.P. Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shinde, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. Mr. Anil Shrivastava, Adv. In IA No.29 Mr. Rohit Alex,Adv. Mr. A. Raghunath,Adv. In IA No.21 Ms. Shomona Khanna,Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal,Adv. Mr. Jay Savla,Adv. Ms. Reena Bagga,Adv. Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan,Adv. Mr. R. Sathish,Adv. Mr. U. Hazarika,Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra,Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika,Adv. Mr. Riku Sharma,Adv. For M/s. Corporate Law Group -6- Ms. Savitri Pandey,Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra,Adv. Mr. Rajeev Dubey,Adv. Mr. T.R. Andhyarujina,Sr.Adv. Mr. Atul Y. Chitale,adv. Ms. Suchitra A. Chitale,Adv. Mr. Dhruv Madan,Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that a further report by the T.E.C. is required to indicate as to whether conditions stipulated have been complied with before any action can be taken on the dismantling plan. Let the applicant in I.A. No.34 place materials before T.E.C. as to how and in what manner compliance has been done. While deciding the acceptability of the stand of the applicant, the T.E.C. shall involve the Gujarat Maritime Board and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and take note of their views. In the report apart from examining the general compliance of the conditions, specific focus has to be drawn on three particular aspects, namely, (a) whether pre-conditions for dismantling have been complied with; (b) whether 80% of the asbestos is reusable as is contended by the applicant; (c) what steps have been taken to control the environmental impact of asbestos dust generated in the process of dismantling. The T.E.C. shall also suggest as to which agency shall oversee and monitor -7- the dismantling in case it recommends acceptance of the dismantling plan. The report shall be submitted within six weeks. The other aspects relating to the reversibility or impermissibility of the beaching, manner of dealing with hazardous from asbestos and other hazardous material shall be considered after the receipt of the report from the T.E.C. The T.E.C. which was constituted pursuant to the order of this court having submitted its report is stated to have become functus officio shall examine the matter as directed. List the matter after six weeks. (Ganga Thakur) (Madhu Saxena) PS to Registrar Court mAster