ITEM NO.37 COURT NO.5 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: 04/12/2006 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. Contd....2/- -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. 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. Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shweta Chadha,Adv. Ms. Meha Kiran, Adv. Ms. Akanksha, Adv. Ms. Bina Gupta ,Adv. Contd.....3/- -3- 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. H.N. Salve, Sr. 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. Contd....4/- -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. Contd....5/- -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 Contd....6/- -6- UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R I.A. No.34 of 2006 At this juncture, we do not think it necessary to pass any final order. A dismantling plan is stated to have been submitted before the Gujarat Pollution Control Board by the applicant. Let the same be examined and the acceptability or otherwise thereof be decided. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner (in Writ Petition (C) No.657/1995) states that the beaching of the vessel 'Blue Lady' was itself impermissible. It shall be granted opportunity of placing material in support of its stand before the Pollution Control Board takes a decision. The Pollution Control Board, while examining the dismantling plan shall find out if there is a scope for sending back the vessel in any manner after it has been permitted to be beached. It would be appropriate if the decision is taken by the Board within four weeks from today. The Technical Committee appointed by this Court has submitted its report. The same shall be duly considered by the Pollution Control Board. Needless to say that even if the Pollution Control Board approves the dismantling plan, no action thereon can be taken without leave of this Court. Contd.....7/- -7- Place the main matter i.e. W.P.(C) No.657 of 1995 in the third week of March, 2007. (Neena Verma) (Madhu Saxena) Court Master Court mAster