In a relief to Vedanta, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) last month’s order that stalled operations of its mining plant at Dharbandora in Goa for lack of mandatory environmental clearance. A Bench led by Justice LN Rao, while staying the NGT’s March 4 order, also sought response from Goa Foundation, an NGO, which had challenged the operations of Vedanta’s plant located at Codli Village without having the requisite green clearance. The plant was allegedly operating only on the strength of Consent to Operate (CTO) granted by the Goa State Pollution Control Board in September 2019.