The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed former Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice Tarun Agrawal as head of an independent committee constituted by the green panel to look into Vedanta’s plea challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s order on the closure of the Sterlite Copper plant.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed Justice Agrawal as the head of the committee after former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice S.J. Vazifdar recused himself from the matter.
“The matter has been put up on receipt of a communication from Justice S.J. Vazifdar, former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court and former Judge of Bombay High Court, expressing inability to accept the appointment for personal reasons” read the order dated August 30.