Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), in its plea, has sought quashing of NGT's May 31 order allowing Sterlite to restart its copper smelting plant in presence of a four-member committee set up by it for supervision.
A bench of justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Madan B Lokur will hear the petition tomorrow.
Earlier, TNPCB, on May 29, had ordered closure of Sterlite plant on complaints that it was emitting toxic sulphur dioxide.
It had also ordered constitution of a four-member panel, comprising Member Secretary of Central Pollution Control Board, a member or engineer from TNPCB and two members of IIT-Madras to supervise the plant.
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NGT had said the closure order was passed by TNPCB in an "abrupt manner" based on "mere apprehension" of leakage of gas, without any scientific data to support the same.
Besides seeking quashing of the NGT's order, TNPCB has challenged its jurisdiction to hear Sterlite's plea.