Sterlite row: NGT to hear Vedanta plea

The matter will come up before a bench headed by NGT chairperson AK Goel. On July 5, the tribunal had issued notices to the state government and the pollution board seeking their responses after TN raised preliminary objection with regard to the maintainability of Vedanta’s plea.

Vedanta’s plea seeks permission to operate the unit and a direction to declare as unlawful and illegal the exercise of powers by the Tamil Nadu government in passing the closure order under section 18(1)(b) of the Water Act.