Braham Brick Field vs. Central Pollution Control Board

ITEM NO.37

COURT NO.15

SECTION XVII

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

CIVIL APPEAL Diary No(s). 18213/2021

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 17-02-2021 in OA No. 1016/2019 passed by the National Green Tribunal)

NCR BRICK KILN ASSOCIATION

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

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DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 68235/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPEAL) W.P.(C) No. 367/2022 (X) IA No. 73683/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 167394/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 6643-6644/2022 (XVII) IA No. 82183/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 82179/2022 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 733/2023 (XVII) IA No. 40734/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) C.A. No. 5787/2022 (XVII) IA No. 179024/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 100488/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 100490/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 100487/2022 - STAY APPLICATION) Date : 14-03-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA For Petitioner(s) Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Somesh Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Shubhankar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vidula Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Utsav Saxena, Adv. Ms. Stuti Karwal, Adv. Mr. Kaveesh Nair, Adv. Ms. Aashna Mehra, Adv. Mr. Supragya Ram Mishra, Adv. Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aniket Jain, Adv. Mr. Umang Shankar, AOR Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Jain, Adv. Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pallavi Singh, Adv. Ms. Japneet Kaur, Adv.

Ms. Vriti Gujral, Adv. Mr. G. Balaji, AOR Ms. Mohini Priya, AOR Ms. Mohini Priya, Adv. Mr. Rajan Raj, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Parul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bishan Dass, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Gaur, Adv. Mr. R. S. Mishra, Adv. M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR Mr. S. P. Singh Sr, Adv. Ms. Divya Singhvi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, Adv. Mr. Vipin Sandu, Adv. Mr. Kunwar Siddharth Singh, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Chandrakant Sukumar Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Shubhankar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vidula Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Utsav Saxena, Adv. Ms. Stuti Karwal, Adv. Mr. Kaveesh Nair, Adv. Ms. Aashna Mehra, Adv. Mr. Supragya Ram Mishra, Adv. Mr. Abhinav S. Raghuvanshi, AOR For Respondent(s) Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Ms. Saumya Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Bhuwan Chandra, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kjumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Mr. Nishant Awana, Adv. Mr. Tirupati Gaurav Shahi, Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohatgi Jain, Adv.

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Mr. Mahesh Kasana, Adv. Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G. Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Y.D. Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Deepika Shama, Adv. Mrs. Pushpa Kumari Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kumar Gourab, Adv. Mr. Mahendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Dharmsheela, Adv. Mr. Rajnish Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv. Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv. Ms. Amrita Verma, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Diggaj Pathak, AOR Mrs. Shweta Sharma, Adv. Ms. Prachi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Shubhi Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Ishank Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Kumari Supriya, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar, AOR Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Om Prakash, Adv. Mr. Kundan Lal, Adv. Mr. Deepankar, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Umang Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Aherodiya, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Rekha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Amit Garg, Adv. Mr. Karunesh Kumar Shukla, Adv. Ms. Kajal Kumari, Adv. Ms. Sundri, Adv.

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Mr. Bishnu Prasad Tiwari, Adv.

Mr/Ms. Nityana Mishra, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Niharika Dewivedi, Adv. Ms. Kajal Kumari, Adv. Ms. Shweta Sand, Adv. Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv. Mr. E. Vinay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vipin Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is represented by the learned Standing Counsel Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi and she submits that those Brick Kilns who have complied with the statutory norms are permitted to function and in respect of such units where deficiencies are noticed, inspections, as may be considered necessary are being carried out for taking rectificatory steps. She further submits that consolidated response is being filed on behalf of CPCB and the stand taken in that response would largely cover the contention raised by the individual petitioners.

2. This Court on 10.02.2023, passed the following order

"Taking note of the above and other contentions, we deem it appropriate to direct the Respondent No.2 Central Pollution Control Board (for short "CPCB") to inspect the Brick Kilns forming subject matter of these Interlocutory Applications in conformity with the requirement of the notification dated 22.02.2022 adverted to in this Court's order dated 08.04.2022.

In undertaking the ordered exercise, the officers of the CPCB and the SPCBs should also undertake surprise inspection from time to time as was ordered

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on 08.04.2022 to ensure that the units adhere to the statutory norms. Moreover, the Brick Kilns must limit the production capacity as per the consent granted by the respective State Pollution Control Boards was noted in the compliance filed by respondent No.2.

Since the seasonal production activity is expected to commence in the first week of March, 2023, necessary orders would be passed in this regard on the next date."

3. In pursuance of the above order, the Brick Kilns are operating to the extent of their production capacity as per the consent granted by the respective State Pollution Control Boards.

4. Noting the above, we deem it appropriate to permit completion of pleadings in the next six weeks. The matters be listed thereafter.

(DEEPAK JOSHI) (KAMLESH RAWAT)

COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR