Relief for Vedanta; Supreme Court clears reopening of Sterlite copper unit

NGT had ordered reopening of Vedanta's Sterlite copper unit

In a big relief for Vedanta, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order allowing reopening of the company’s Sterlite copper smelter plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. While agreeing to hear Tamil Nadu’s appeal against the NGT judgment, the apex court in the interim stayed the order of the Madras High Court, which had asked to maintain status quo.

A two-judge Bench, headed by Justice Rohinton F Nariman, issued a notice to Vedanta and sought the company’s response on Tamil Nadu government’s appeal against the NGT’s order. The state had moved the top