BREAKING: Madras High Court Passes Important Judgement regarding the Controversial Sterlite Copper Plant in Thoothukudi!

BREAKING: The Madras High Court on Tuesday passed a verdict announcing that the sterlite copper plant owned by Vedanta Ltd will continue to remain closed. Vedanta group, who is unhappy with the judgement, will approach the Supreme Court in this case.According to media reports, residents in different parts of Thootukudi were seen celebrating after the judgement was passed.Madras High Court heard the case after Vedanta Ltd filed a plea seeking reopening of the sterlite plant in Thootukudi.

The plant remains closed since April 2018. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board in April 2018 refused the plant to function after citing major environmental violations. During the protests against the plant, 13 people were shot dead on May 22 during the same year. The State government had shut down  the plant on May 28 citing major breach of envrionemtnal laws.

"The National Green Tribunal gave a favourable order to Sterlite in December 2018. However, the Supreme Court struck it down over jurisdiction issues and ordered Vedanta to approach the Madras High Court, after which the company filed multiple petitions in February this year, a month before the coronavirus lockown," NDTV reported.