According to the Appeal in the Top Court, Tamil Nadu government has alleged that NGT without recording any reasons as contemplated in Rule 22(2) of Rules, 2011 proceeded to dispose off, despite the order under review was passed by the NGT Southern Bench.
It was submitted by Nadkarni that the National Green Tribunal does not have any power to take suo moto cognizance, and the Ld. Amicus informed the Hon’ble Court that he shares this opinion.
A divisional bench of the Supreme Court issued the notice in a matter of plea filed against the National Green Tribunal order taking suo-motu cognizance on a news item published in The Indian Express this would be really an issue of safety of the factory or an establishment.
The VMC taking its stand that the project has not yet been finalized and it was only at conceptual stage. The project was to beautify and rejuvenate the river for the benefit of the general public.
The major blast had occurred in an illegal chemical factory last year, running on the agricultural land in the name of Sahil Enterprises Chemical Boiler Factory, at Pirana-Riplaj Road, Ahmedabad.
NGT has accepted a report submitted by the five-member credible Expert Committee recommendations to follow SOPs, conduct comprehensive safety and hazard audits, redesign ammonia refrigeration unit to avoid future gas leakage incidents.