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TMI Blog2014 (4) TMI 871X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d various other wastes – This Court expressed their distress at the attitude of the Central Government and all related agencies because they did destroy 133 containers after the judgment rendered earlier by this Court in Research Foundation for Science v. Union of India and Anr. - The said judgment also mentioned the existence of other 170 containers with which are presently concerned - For the reasons best known to them nothing has been done by the Government about these containers all these years – SC directed that these affidavits will be filed on or before 17th February, 2014 and the matter to be listed on 18th February, 2014 – Decided in Favour of appellants. - I.A. Nos. 23, 40, 42, 55-57 & 63-69 in Writ Petition (C) No. 657 of 1995 w ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... this Court in Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy v. Union of India and Ors., reported in 2012 (6) SCALE 253 = 2012 (282) E.L.T. 321 (S.C.), 170 containers referred to in paragraph 16 of the judgment were lying without incineration. We had asked on that very day Mr. S.R. Singh, learned senior appearing for the Union of India as to why this was the state of affairs. He said that he will take instructions to file an affidavit and four weeks time as sought was granted. The order passed on 26-11-2013 stated that the affidavit must state whether there are any other containers which are hazardous and are yet to be incinerated, and if so, that should also be placed on record. Nothing as directed was done by the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... kas Singh, learned senior counsel appearing for JNPT states that JNPT will furnish full information about the containers to the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai. A senior officer of the JNPT will state it on affidavit as to in whose custody and in which warehouses all these containers are lying. 5. We are informed by the learned counsel appearing for the MPCB, as well as by Mr. Sanjay Parikh, learned counsel for the petitioner that on the previous occasion, the incineration was done at Taloja near Mumbai. We are informed by the counsel for the MPCB that some 30 metric tonnes of hazardous wastes can be incinerated in a day. If the quantity of the contents of these 212 containers is 4241.138 metric tonnes as per the figures given by M ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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