IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 7788 OF 2023
ICEM ENGINEERING COMPANY PVT. LTD. THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR
..... APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
RAJAMAL GURJAR & ORS. ..... RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
We have gone through the impugned judgment dated 26.09.2023
passed by the National Green Tribunal1, Central Zone at Bhopal,
directing the appellant, ICEM Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd., to
deposit ₹5 crores as interim compensation. The impugned judgment
refers to the report of the Committee, which was appointed by the
ex parte order dated 23.05.2023 passed by the NGT. The said report
does make certain observations but also notices that the air,
effluent and noise levels were within the prescribed limit.
This Court, while issuing notice in the present appeal, had
directed the appellant, ICEM Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd. to
deposit ₹2 crores in the Registry of this Court. A direction was
also given to the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board2 to
conduct a surprise inspection; to conduct periodic inspections (at
least, once a month) of the appellant’s factory; and to collect and
1 “NGT”, for short 2 “MPPCB”, for short
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analyze samples of emissions, effluents, and noise. The MPPCB has
filed an affidavit of compliance in this regard, as per which the
appellant, ICEM Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd., is compliant with
the statutory norms.
In these circumstances, we are of the opinion...