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Piramal Pharma Plant Shutdown Over Waste Dumping Allegations
9 Feb
Summary
- Supreme Court directed pollution control board to decide Piramal Pharma's plea within a week.
- Allegations involve dumping hazardous waste into a water body near the Narmada river.
- Piramal Pharma denies wrongdoing, blames a third-party transporter for alleged violations.
The Supreme Court addressed Piramal Pharma's petition concerning the closure of its Dahej manufacturing facility. A bench, including Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, noted that Piramal Pharma had submitted a representation to the pollution control board on February 5, seeking to revoke a February 3 closure order. The court declined to grant interim relief, citing serious allegations of hazardous waste being dumped into a water body linked to the Narmada river.
