India, May 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday provided relief to the Trident Group, founded by Rajya Sabha member Rajinder Gupta, by directing the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to provide a 30-day notice period before taking any coercive measures.

Disposing of a plea filed by the group's managing director, Deepak Nanda, the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry ruled that since the PPCB failed to demonstrate an emergency environmental threat or the presence of poisonous effluents, the company must be granted a reasonable opportunity to rectify any minor deficiencies.

The court clarified that the company remains at liberty to approach the National Green Tribunal should grievances arise from any ...