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16. In Paragon Steels Private Limited and others v. State of Kerala and others [2019 (4) KLT 697] this Court noticed that, as per Section 7 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 no person carrying on any industry, operation or process shall discharge or emit or permit to be discharged or emitted any environmental pollutant in excess of such standards as may be prescribed. The Central Government, in exercise of its powers under Section 6 and Section 25 of the said Act has framed Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000. The said Rules prescribe different ambient air quality standards in respect of noise for 'day time' and 'night time' for different areas/zones. In the said decision, this Court held that, when the duly framed statutory rules prescribe different air quality standards for 'day time' and 'night time', necessarily the Pollution Control Board, which is authorised to enforce the pollution control norms, has authority to direct that an industry not satisfying the air quality standards prescribed for the 'night time', shall not function during 'night time'.