The Supreme Court dismissed NGT’s directions allowing the operation of the Vedanta Group's Sterlite copper smelting plant.
The Supreme Court said that the NGT has no jurisdiction to pass such an order.
The NGT had on December 15 directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pass a fresh order for allowing the operation of the plant within three weeks.
Sterlite Copper smelting plant has been shut down since May 28, 2018.