India's top court imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore ($18.40 million) on Sterlite Industries for polluting environment through its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu The case is unrelated to a separate order that has shut the Tuticorin plant, India's largest, since last week following complaints of a gas leak.
Despite the fine, the Supreme Court overruled an earlier order from the Madras High Court to shut down the plant over long-standing environmental concerns, the bench headed by Judge A.K. Patnaik said.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/supreme-court-imposes-rs-100-crore-fine-sterlite-industries
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuticorin
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/copper
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/corporate-legal-accountability
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
