[12/01, 08:21] Meta AI: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to seal Coromandel International Limited’s (CIL) ammonia terminal and subsea pipeline operations at Ennore in Chennai. The petition, filed by former MLA K.

by Sekar Reporter · January 12, 2026

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[12/01, 08:21] Meta AI: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to seal Coromandel International Limited’s (CIL) ammonia terminal and subsea pipeline operations at Ennore in Chennai. The petition, filed by former MLA K. Kuppan, alleges that CIL was operating the ammonia terminal without valid environmental and coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearances. The move comes after a 67-tonne ammonia leak from the undersea pipeline on December 26, 2023, which hospitalized 52 residents and caused significant environmental damage, including the death of approximately 1,860 fish. ¹ ² ³

The petitioner has also sought compensation for those affected by the leak and has drawn parallels with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, highlighting concerns about aging infrastructure and corporate negligence. The Madras High Court’s first Division Bench, led by Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, is set to hear the case on January 12, 2026.

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