Supreme Court of India

M.c.mehta v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench Kuldip Singh and S. Saghir Ahmad JJ.
Decided 19 December 1996

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Calcutta High Court would be in a better position to monitor these matters hereinafter.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Environmental Law : Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 21 and 32. Ecology--River Ganga-Pollution of-Calcutta tanneries discharged untreated noxious and poisonous effluent into River Ganga thereby polluting land and rive,.......PJL treated as writ petition-Supreme Court monitored this . c writ petition for a long time with a view to controlling pollution and save environment-In view of categoric findings of NEER/ and also reports of W. .…

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