2011 INSC 0086
                             SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                               T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad

                                                Vs.

                                     Union of India (UOI)

      (S. H. Kapadia, C.J., Aftab Alam and K. S. Panicker Radhakrishnan JJ.)

                                           14.01.2011

                                             ORDER

1. Mr. Harish N. Salve, learned amicus curiae, resumed his submissions at 2.15
p.m. and concluded at 3.40 p.m. Thereafter Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior
counsel, started his submissions and had not concluded till 4.00 p.m., when the
Court rose for the day.

2. During the course of submissions, Mr. Harish N. Salve, learned amicus curiae,
submitted a Note, paragraph (18) whereof reads as under:

        18. On 18th June, 1999, the MOEF granted permission, in relation to the
       EIA (i.e. under the notification of 1994) to 'Lum Mawshun Minerals Pvt.
       Ltd.'. This was granted treating the mines as captive for the cement plant
       located in Sunamganj district of Bangladesh. It is not on record as to
       whether Lum Mawshun Minerals Pvt. Ltd.' owned this plant, nor does the
       record show as to what was the material on which this conclusion of captive
       user was arrived at.

3. The Ministry of Environment and Forests is directed to produce the permission
which it granted on 18th June, 1999, in relation to EIA [vide Notification of 1994]
to Lum Mawshum Minerals Private Limited [Paragraph 18 of the Note, quoted
above].

4. The Court wants to know from the Company-Lafarge whether Detailed Project
Report was submitted to the Bankers for raising loans, including international
loans; if so, the Company is directed to produce the same on the next date of
hearing.

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5. Place the matter on 21st January, 2011, as part-heard.

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