The Madurai Bench of the Madras high court has admitted a public interest litigation seeking to restrain the government from clearing Tata Group's Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) titanium dioxide project in Tamil Nadu without conducting environmental impact assessment.
Justices Prafulla Kumar Misra and P R Shivakumar issued notice on Tuesday to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, Tamil Nadu government, Project Director of Tata Iron and Steel Company and State Pollution