The Orissa High Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) for a six-fold expansion of its one-million-tonne per annum alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa's Kalahandi district.

Vedanta had filed a petition in the HC on November 12, 2010, praying to quash the order of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to maintain the status quo and allow the exp