M/S. Punahchakran Private Limited vs Indotech Waste Solution

M/S. Punahchakran Private Limited vs Indotech Waste Solution on 7 September, 2026 2026 INSC 956 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 7367 OF 2024 M/S PUNAHCHAKRAN PRIVATE LIMITED …APPELLANT(S) VERSUS INDOTECH WASTE SOLUTION & ORS …RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by VISHAL ANAND Date: 2026.09.07 16:37:49 IST Reason: J.B. PARDIWALA, J.: For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts:- INDEX I. FACTUAL MATRIX .................................................................................. 2 II. SUBMISSIONS OF THE PARTIES ...................................................... 17 A. Submissions on behalf of the Appellant ...................................... 17 B. Submissions on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 ........................ 19 III. ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION......................................................... 22 IV. ANALYSIS ................................................................................................ 23 A. Mandatory nature of the RG, 2016 and the decision of this Court in Gulf Goans ..................................................................................... 23 i. The genesis, scope and nature of the RG, 2016 ............................... 26 ii. The requirement of authentication under Article 77 of the Constitution .................................................................................... 31 iii. Whether the non-publication of the RG, 2016 in the Official Gazette could be said to affect its mandatory nature ................................... 33 B. Permissibility of the grant of relaxation in land requirement 41 C. The status of land acquisition required from a project proponent seeking to establish a CBWTF at the time of making the Form 1 application, at the stage of appraisal of the EC and at the time of applyin…