New Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Tamilnadu government on a plea by Vedanta Ltd for reopening its Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi.
A bench of Justices R F Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee refused to provide any interim relief to the company in the matter. The court posted the matter for consideration after four weeks.
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Limited moved to Supreme Court recently after the Madras High Court refused to allow reopening of Sterlite Copper plant.
The division bench of Madras High Court at Chennai on 18 August had dismissed all the writ petitions filed by the metals and mining company.
The judgement was pronounced on a petition filed by Vedanta challenging the refusal by the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board to operate and against the permanent closure order passed by the Tamilnadu government.