Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1534 · Decided 30 December 1996
M.C.MEHTA v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1534 · [1996] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 973
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 13381/1984
- Decided
- 30 December 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
B Environmental Law: Constitution of India, 1950: Ecology-/'ublic Interest Litigation-Alleged that the Taj Mahal, a c monument of international repute, was being degraded due to atmospheric pollution-According to opinion of expert committees including NEER], emissions generated by use of coke/coal living in the D TTZ-Held, the 'onus of proof was on industry to show its operation with aid of coke/coal was environmentally benign-The Taj, apart from being a cultural heritage, was industry by itself-Therefore, pollution must be stopped while encouraging development of industry-'Sustainable
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