In Brief
In this environmental protection case, the Supreme Court addressed fixing emission standards for 34 polluting industries and imposing a ban on industrial use of Furnace Oil and Pet-Coke. The Court found the Ministry of Environment had unreasonably delayed notification of standards despite CPCB recommendations (some pending 3.5 years). It mandated a ban on Furnace Oil and Pet-Coke in Delhi and NCR states effective November 2017, imposed Rs. 2 lakh costs on the Ministry, and required it to issue draft notifications within one month. The Court also directed that unrelated applications in the same case be listed separately, correcting a Registry practice.
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