Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1396 · Decided 4 December 2008
Gujarat Pollution Control Board v. M/S Nicosulf Industries & Export PVT. LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1396 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 27
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 9/2002
- Decided
- 4 December 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM, AFTAB ALAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 197 4 - c ss. 24, 25, 43 and 45 - Conviction under - Allegation of discharge of· polluted effluent by factory in breach of conditions imposed - Conviction of Company and its Directors - Set aside by High Court held: Sample collected for analysis was not from the over-flown D effluent but of the effluent on the way to solar evaporation A",. pans for further treatment - Said effluent would never meet the prescribed parameters - Thus, alleged breach of the condition not proved - Order of conviction
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