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

DISPOSED

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

20P-Environmental Laws Section PIL-W

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

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

[ 2026 INSC 383 ] Judgement - of Main Case
15-10-2025 - of Main Case
[ 2020 INSC 622 ] Judgement - of Main Case
[ 2019 INSC 982 ] Judgement - of Main Case
13-01-2017 ROP
13-01-2017 ROP
11-03-2016 Office Report
10-02-2016 ROP
10-02-2016 Office Report
10-02-2016 ROP
11-12-2015 ROP
11-12-2015 ROP
09-12-2015 ROP
09-12-2015 Office Report
09-12-2015 ROP
18-09-2015 ROP
18-09-2015 Office Report
18-09-2015 ROP
07-09-2015 ROP
07-09-2015 ROP
22-07-2015 ROP
22-07-2015 Office Report
22-07-2015 ROP
15-04-2015 ROP
15-04-2015 Office Report
15-04-2015 ROP
25-02-2015 ROP
25-02-2015 Office Report
25-02-2015 ROP
17-02-2014 ROP
07-01-2014 ROP
11-11-2013 ROP
24-09-2013 ROP
17-09-2013 ROP
05-08-2013 ROP
01-07-2013 ROP
22-02-2007 ROP
24-01-2007 ROP
12-12-2006 ROP
20-07-2006 ROP
09-01-2006 ROP
14-03-2005 ROP
04-02-2005 ROP
19-12-2003 ROP
27-04-2001 ROP
12-03-2001 ROP
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casestatus.in Summary

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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