The Madurai bench of the Chennai High court has said that in order to put up a windmill, every company must obtain the permission of the local panchayat body. Interestingly, the court has also declared that every windmill would now be equivalent to a factory.
In a dispute between Mr S Muppidathi and others, the court has declared that “a windmill generates electricity and is therefore, a factory involved in a manufacturing process.”
In the dispute between Mr S. Muppidathi and several others, including Global Wind Infrastructure and Services Pvt Ltd, the Court held that, “a windmill generates electricity and is therefore, a factory involved in a manufacturing process.”
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