Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1165 · Decided 6 October 2009
Tirpur Dyeing Factory Owners ASSN. v. Noyyal River A. Protection ASSN. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1165 · [2009] 14 S.C.R. 1051
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6776/2009
- Decided
- 6 October 2009
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
' ; Environmental Law - Pollution control - PIL - Alleging industrial units responsible for pollution of river water and c adversely affecting reservoirs, tanks and channels of water - High Court as an interim measure imposing fine on the units - On units being responsible for pollution, cannot escape responsibility to meet out the - )l. expenses of reversing the ecology - The principles of D 'polluters pay' and 'precautionary principle' have to be read with, the doctrine of 'sustainable development' - The fine is based on the survey of
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