The two-member bench of the Supreme Court's verdict that National Green Tribunal (NGT) has no jurisdiction to hear the private copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi against the Tamil Nadu government's order to close down the plant, however, has not given full satisfaction to the anti-Sterlite activists, who feel that they are only halfway through the process of a permanent closure of the plant.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday sought a counter from the Thoothukudi Superintendent of Police Murali Rambha after
a public interest litigation petition alleged police clampdown against anti-Sterlite protesters.