The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a PIL filed by a group of civil society members - including former bureaucrats, scientists and NGOs - seeking its direction for halting construction of all proposed nuclear power plants in the country.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia will take up the joint petition urging the apex court to declare as 'unconstitutional' the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 and 'appoint an expert independent body to conduct a thorough safety reassessment of all existing and proposed nuclear facilities across the country'.