Gujarat HC asks Adani SEZ to stop operation
May 09, 2012
Ahmedabad, 9 May 2012
The Gujarat High Court Wednesday ordered the promoters of Mundra Port Special Economic Zone and Alstom Bharat Forge Power Ltd to stop construction activity till green clearance is obtained from the union environment ministry.
A division bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J.B. Pardiwala observed that till Mundra Port SEZ (MPSEZ) does not get environment clearance even lease of land to interested parties is unlawful.
The bench passed the order on a public suit filed by the residents of Navinal, one of the villages directly affected by the MPSEZ.
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