Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 144 · Decided 15 March 2002
M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 144 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 477
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 182/1996
- Decided
- 15 March 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
B Environmental Law : Exemplary damages-Imposition of-Polluter Company-Held guilty of endangering environment-Undertaking by Company to bear a fair share of C the project cost of ecological restoration-Held, Company liable to pay exemplary damages-Quantified at Rs. I 0 lakhs. Exemplary to others. D This Court in MC. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, [1997] l SCC 388 (main case) had enumerated various activities of Span Motels Private Limited (SMPL) to be illegal which constituted interference with the natural flow of river Beas resulting in degradation of environment, and ordered
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