M.C. MEHTA vs UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS — W.P.(C) No. 13029/1985
Case under 20p-environmental Laws Section PIL-W. Status: DISPOSED.
CNR: SCIN010639981985
Filing Date
17-12-1985 12:00 AM
Registration No
W.P.(C) No. 013029 / 1985
Diary Number
63998/1985
Order Date
20-05-2026
Document Type
ROP - of Main Case
Neutral Citation
2015 INSC 926, 2016 INSC 417, 2017 INSC 285, 2017 INSC 1278, 2018 INSC 982, 2019 INSC 982, 2020 INSC 32, 2020 INSC 622, 2021 INSC 240, 2025 INSC 1233, 2026 INSC 383
Disposal Type
Disposed Off
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
M.C. MEHTA
Adv. PETITIONER-IN-PERSON[P-1] APPLICANT-IN-PERSON[P-1]
Respondent(s)
UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
Adv. ANIL KUMAR JHA[R-1] AJIT PUDUSSERY[R-1] RADHA SHYAM JENA[R-1] E. C. AGRAWALA[R-1] EJAZ MAQBOOL[R-1] PAVAN KUMAR[R-1] RAKESH KUMAR-I[R-1] PRAMOD DAYAL[R-1] SARVAM RITAM KHARE[R-1] RAVINDRA BANA[R-1] KHAITAN & CO.[R-1] MANJULA GUPTA[R-1] TARA CHANDRA SHARMA (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] MONIKA GUSAIN (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] VIJAY PANJWANI (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] K. R. SASIPRABHU[R-1] NANDINI GIDWANEY[R-1] SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH[R-1] ANNAM D. N. RAO (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] ANIL KATIYAR[R-1] MUKESH K. GIRI[R-1] BINA GUPTA[R-1] PRADEEP KUMAR BAKSHI (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] HEMANTIKA WAHI[R-1] PRAVEEN SWARUP[R-1] S. NARAIN & CO.[R-1] PARIJAT SINHA[R-1] SATYA MITRA[R-1] R. P. GUPTA[R-1] ABHIJAT P. MEDH (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] SURYA KANT[R-1] S. S. SHROFF[R-1] T. V. RATNAM[R-1] K. SARADA DEVI[R-1] SHRI NARAIN[R-1] RANI CHHABRA[R-1] HARDEEP SINGH ANAND[R-1] RAVINDRA KUMAR (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] PAREKH & CO.[R-1] RAKESH K. SHARMA[R-1] ASHOK MATHUR[R-1] BIMAL ROY JAD (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] BINU TAMTA[R-1] PRASHANT KUMAR[R-1] CHIRAG M. SHROFF[R-1] SAHARYA & CO.[R-1] M. V. KINI & ASSOCIATES[R-1] P. PARMESWARAN[R-1] B. SUNITA RAO[R-1] SUSHIL KUMAR JAIN[R-1] BALAJI SRINIVASAN[R-1] S. K. BHATTACHARYA (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] SANJAY KUMAR VISEN[R-1] UMESH KUMAR KHAITAN[R-1] G. PRAKASH[R-1] SANDEEP NARAIN[R-1] SUDHIR MENDIRATTA[R-1] SUJEETA SRIVASTAVA[R-1] V. K. VERMA[R-1] GURMEET SINGH MAKKER MUKESH KUMAR MARORIA[R-1] GURMEET SINGH MAKKER[R-1] KAILASH CHAND (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-10] RAJESH KUMAR CHAURASIA[IMPL] RAMESH BABU M. R.[IMPL] P. K. JAIN[INT] MOHIT D. RAM[R-1] [IMPL] ABHISHEK[R-1] ANIRUDDHA DESHMUKH[R-1] [IMPL] RUCHI KOHLI (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] RAJIV RANJAN DWIVEDI[R-1] [IMPL] PRIYA PURI[R-1] SHALINI KAUL[R-1] [IMPL] PRITHA SRIKUMAR IYER[R-13] NISHE RAJEN SHONKER[R-1] ALOK GUPTA[R-1] AKSHAY AMRITANSHU [R-1] RAJ BAHADUR YADAV[R-1]
Hearing History
Judge: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI
Fixed Date by Court
Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week
Fixed Date by Court
Fixed Date by Court
IA
| Date | Purpose |
|---|---|
| 12-03-2026 | Fixed Date by Court |
| 23-02-2026 | Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week |
| 21-01-2026 | Fixed Date by Court |
| 06-01-2026 | Fixed Date by Court |
| 17-12-2025 | IA |
Orders in this case
On 20-05-2026, the Supreme Court clarified its judgment dated 12.03.2026 in M.C. Mehta's petition against the Union of India. The Court directed the Registry to issue notices to all Advocates-on-Record and parties-in-person seeking their time-bound responses to Paragraph 16(i) read with Paragraph 18 of the judgment, warning that failure to respond would attract consequences as stipulated in the earlier judgment. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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