Take notes as you read a judgment using our Virtual Legal Assistant and get email alerts whenever a new judgment matches your query (Query Alert Service). Try out our Premium Member services -- Free for one month.\n\nNational Green Tribunal\n5 Die In Toxic Gas Leak At Mp Factory vs . Ankita Sinha & Ors." Reported In 2021 ... on 1 September, 2023\nItem No. 03                                                      Court No. 1\n\n               BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL\n                   PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI\n\n\n                    Original Application No. 539/2023\n\nIn re : news report published in The Times of India dated 31.08.2023 titled\n"5 die in toxic gas leak at MP factory"\n\n\nDate of hearing:   01.09.2023\n\n\nCORAM:        HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CHAIRPERSON\n              HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR AGARWAL, JUDICIAL MEMBER\n              HON'BLE DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, EXPERT MEMBER\n\n\n                                  ORDER\n\n1.    This Original Application has been registered in exercise of suo motu\n\npower on the basis of the incident of death of five workers in a food industry\n\nin Morena, Madhya Pradesh, on account of the impact of poisonous gases\n\nwhen these workers had entered the tank in a factory manufacturing\n\nsynthetic cherries for paan and the food industry.\n\n\n2.    The said news item has been published in the Times of India, Times\n\nNews Network dated 31.08.2023 titled "5 die in toxic gas leak at MP\n\nfactory", which has persuaded this court to initiate action, having found\n\nprima facie violation of Environmental Laws resulting in such an incident.\n\n\n3.    Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of "Municipal Corporation of\n\nGreater Mumbai vs. Ankita Sinha & Ors." reported in 2021 SCC Online SC\n\n897 has upheld the exercise of suo moto power by the Tribunal.\n4.    Having regard to the nature of incident, we deem it proper to\n\nconstitute a joint Committee comprising of the Member Secretary, State\n\nPollution Control Board; representative of Central Pollution Control Board\n\nnot below the rank of Additional Director; a Senior Scientist of Regional\n\n\n                                                                             1\n Office of MoEF&CC; Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health (DISH) and\n\nalso the District Magistrate of District Morena. The District Magistrate will\n\nact as a Coordinator in the joint Committee. The joint Committee will\n\ngather all the information from the spot after visiting the spot and ascertain\n\nthe exact cause of death of these workers and the lapses which resulted\n\ninto generation/escape of poisonous gas in the tank and the compensation\n\nto be given to the deceased. The Committee may also refer the orders of\n\nthis Tribunal in such matters. The report will be submitted within three\n\nweeks by e-mail at [email protected] preferably in the form of searchable\n\nPDF/ OCR Support PDF and not in the form of Image PDF.\n\n\n5.    The matter will now be taken up by the Central Zone Bench, Bhopal\n\nof the Tribunal. Hence, it is transferred to the said Bench.\n\n\n6.    List on 03.10.2023.\n\n\n                                                   Prakash Shrivastava, CP\n\n\n\n                                                         Sudhir Agarwal, JM\n\n\n                                                      Dr. A. Senthil Vel, EM\nSeptember 01, 2023\nOriginal Application No. 539/2023\nSN\n\n\n\n\n                                                                             2