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Water Pollution — Key Discoveries
Updated 19 Oct 2026
Key Discoveries
A.P. Pollution Control Board II v. Prof. M.V. Nayudu, Civil Appeal Nos. 368–373 of 1999 (1 December 2000)
2000The Court restored the pollution-control board’s refusal of consent for a proposed industry near drinking-water reservoirs after considering specialist evidence. The inquiry…
Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 914 of 1991 (28 August 1996)
1996The litigation concerned tannery effluent and harm to water, agricultural land and communities in Tamil Nadu. The Court applied precaution and polluter pays, requiring assessment…
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 3727 of 1985, Calcutta tanneries (19 December 1996)
1996The Court directed relocation and closure measures for tanneries in specified Calcutta areas, expert assessment of environmental damage, recovery from polluters and restoration…