Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Saswad Mali Sugar Factory operating without consent, Malinagar, Maharashtra, 15/02/2019
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/S Saswad Mali Sugar Factory Ltd. Vs Nilkanth Rajaram Raskar & Others dated 15/02/2019 regarding Saswad Mali Sugar Factory operating without consent from SPCB in Malinagar, Maharashtra.
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The National Green Tribunal had imposed damages on the sugar factory on the ground that it had operated the distillery from 1 September 2016 to 15 February 2018 in the absence of consent from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. The Supreme Court justified the imposition of damages by way of environmental compensation.