M/S Masters v. Delhi Pollution Control Committee & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Non-speaking order; writ of certiorari; quashing of DPCC direction dated 27.06.2025; Show Cause Notice dated 02.05.2025; composite order under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1974; alternate remedy objection rejected; fresh SCN and separate speaking orders directed; separate appellate mechanism; natural justice/opportunity of hearing; M/s India Navigation Company vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi followed; Delhi High Court; Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav; W.P.(C) 11101/2025.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order/direction dated 27.06.2025 set aside; DPCC at liberty to issue a fresh SCN and directed to pass speaking order(s) after affording an opportunity of hearing, invoking the Air Act, 1981 or the Water Act, 1974 separately in view of the separate appellate mechanisms; petition along with pending application disposed of; all rights and contentions of the parties left open.