...: AIR 1988 S.C 1115) (Ganga Pollution Case) was another significant decision. The right to water, in all...indicated by the Pollution Control Board, should sarve as the standard in this case. As already noticed pollution in many areas, exceeds tolerance limits and judicial intervention is called for.../88 are residents of Chingavanam, while petitioners 6 & 7 are Secretaries of two Associations in the area, said to be formed to fight pollution caused by the 5th respondent the Travancore-Electro...

...harm was non-feasance rather than misfeasance. II. In a case between M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Ganga Pollution Case) reported in...recourse for removing the pollution of water and air which, may detrimental to the quality of life. VI. In a case between...law has already been clarified in the ratio of the following decisions: I. In a case between...

...India (4), should be usefully referred as a leading environmental case decided by the Supreme Court. This case is popularly known as Ganga Pollution Case. In the said case, on a petition filed by...expressed concern regarding increasing pollution in lakes and desired that supply of clean drinking water should be given top priority. They have also expressed concern about the increasing number of...and Fateh Sagar Lakes. In short, the lakes which were life line of the inhabitants of City of Udaipur, are rapidly turning into a death trap on account of the pollution in water, heavy siltation and...

...pollution of the water in the river Ganga. But as we see from the affidavit filed on behalf of the authorities concerned in this case the works are going on at a snail's pace. We find from the affidavits...certain directions with regard to the industries in which the business of tanning was being carried on at Jajmau near Kanpur on the banks of the river Ganga. On that occasion we directed that the case in...respect of the municipal bodies and the industries which were responsible for the pollution of the water in the river Ganga would be taken up for consideration on the next date of hearing. Accordingly...

...necessary directions. However, the Court will not attempt to nicely balance relevant considerations, 22. In M.C.MEHTA v. UNION OF INDIA, , [Ganga Pollution case] monitoring...pollution created as a consequence of development must be commensurate with the carrying capacity of ecosystems, CASE LAW ON ECOLOGY, LAKES AND WATERBODIES 29. In India cases dealing...Case) a member of Nainital Bachao Samiti approached the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions as would prevent further pollution of already...

... Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 56198 of 2012 Petitioner :- G.M. Ganga Pollution Control Unit U.P. Jal Nigam Respondent :- Dharmendra Pal Singh Counsel for...appropriate order shall be passed in 1st call. Case has been called out. Counsel for both sides are not present and also "S" has not been marked against the present case. Learned Standing Counsel is...

...listed today, be listed along with this case.Pollution of the River Ganga has been of a serious concern not only for the different wings of the State but even for the Judiciary. The...Supreme Court vide its order dated 29 October, 2014 while referring the issue of industrial pollution of the River Ganga to this Tribunal, in no uncertain terms, expressed its anguish and serious concern in...pollution in the River Ganga. They are the States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, NCT of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. The States of Jharkhand, Madhya...

...society are compelled to through dead body/half burnt dead body/unclaimed/unidentified dead body of their relatives in case of death in the holy river of Ganga which causes water pollution and air...pollution and any other relief or reliefs for which the Petitioner is found entitled in the fact and circumstance of the case." Petitioner namely Shri Vikash Chandra Guddu... IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9304 of 2019...

...dated 24.3.2012 to D.I.G., Allahabad that the complaint was based on Ganga pollution. It is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in the above mentioned case, till the credible evidence... Court No. - 45 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 3035 of 2015 Petitioner :- Mohd. Naseem Hashmi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Ors Counsel for...petitioner and the learned A.G.A. This petition has been filed by the petitioner Mohd. Naseem Hashmi with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. of case crime no. 230 of 2014 under sections 147, 148, 323...

... Chief Justice's Court Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7893 of 1998 Petitioner :- Assistant Project Engineer Ganga Pollution Control...present on behalf of the employer-petitioner. Having considered all facts of the case, I am satisfied that the case of the petitioner should have been considered by the employer-petitioner as per the...Manager, Neutral Citation No. - 2019:AHC:12961 1 Ganga Pradushan Control Unit, U.P. Jal Nigam Camp, Mirzapur (annexure 5-A...

...plain and need for prevention and control of pollution and rejuvenation of River Ganga. It is a typical case of enough intent but complete absence of action for implementation. This would thus compel the...with that aspect at all. In the present case, we are primarily concerned with pollution of river Ganga which should be prevented and controlled while there should be rejuvenation of the river as well...the lead cases before the Tribunal in relation to cleaning of river Ganga. The Original Application No. 10 of 2015 primarily relates to pollution being caused by throwing of waste, particularly...

...orders from time to time. Initially the Tribunal had taken note of pollution on account of stubble burning in the case of Vikrant Kumar Tongad v. Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control...Authority) (O.A. No. 118/2013). The matter was again considered in the case of Smt. Ganga Lalwani v. Union of India (O.A. No. 451/2018). In the said application it was alleged...In recent past air pollution in relation to stubble burning (Parali) has become a menace. This Tribunal had taken cognizance of this issue on several occasions and had passed various...

... pursuance of orders of this Tribunal in the case of abatement of pollution of Yamuna and Ganga, being orders dated 13.1.2015 and 16.9.2015 in OA 6/2012 (Yamuna) and orders dated 11.4.2017 and...idol immersions dated 12.05.2020 issued by the CPCB is so far as it states that "the idols made of Plaster of Paris (POP) shall be banned". 2. Case set...from Idols does not disperse in water when immersed and causes less pollution. d. PoP Idols are attractive and light in weight and hence...

.... AIR 1988 SC 1037. (popularly called as Ganga Pollution (Tanneries Case)), the Supreme Court directed closure of polluting tanneries. The Court observed..., manifest that the right to pollution-free environment is a fundamental right. In the present case, it is not disputed that the land bearing Sy. Nos. 79 and 80 are reserved as gomal lands and fall...). In this case, a public interest litigation, the petitioner therein had sought for a direction to preserve the environment and control pollution - Mining operations should be stopped within the radius...

...Kanpur in order to improve the sewerage system and to prevent pollution of the water in the River Ganga. But as we see from the affidavit filed on behalf of the authorities concerned in this case the...this Court directed closure of as many as 20 tanneries working on the banks of Ganga and discharging effluents into the river. The relevant passages from the said order read: (M.C Mehta case...Order1. This writ petition filed in public interest as early as in the year 1985 brings into sharp focus problems arising from unabated pollution in...

...pollution of river Ganga and its tributaries including river Yamuna which now falls under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. 7. A further affidavit dated 17.08.2021 has also been...Secretary, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, in his further affidavit dated 22.07.2022, that illegal dumping of stone chips by illegal crushing units in and around the Ganga river bed was totally...Kharkhand, Through its Chief Secretary, Having its office at Project Bhavan, P.O.-Dhurwa, P.S.-Jagarnathpur District-Ranchi, PIN-834004. 3. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board...

...decision rendered in case of M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (supra). In that case, the problem of pollution in river "Ganga" had become very acute, and therefore, the Supreme Court went on...case, the trial Court finds that there is a fault on either side, it shall deal with the matter in accordance with the facts of the case and according to the aforesaid Pollution...impugned order of the learned Magistrate directing the respondents to desist from causing pollution is passed, then in that case, the unwarranted inference of the learned Judge that the same was a...

...complaint Case No. 3158 of 2018 (UP Pollution Control Board v. M/S Ganga Paper Mill Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.) pending in the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate, Pollution/CBI, Lucknow...against the alleged offenders in the present case. Unless the offenders are punished for serious offence of discharge of effluents in rivers and other water bodies, the pollution continues threatening... Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC-LKO:51269 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7477 of 2023...

...Since in the present case, we are concerned with Segment- B of Phase-I of river Ganga, i.e., the stretch from Haridwar to Unnao, Kanpur, it will be useful to refer also to the pollution...polluted but it is most polluted in Segment-B of Phase-I, the stretch that we are presently dealing with in this judgement. BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF THE CASE The pollution of river Ganga...furtherance to the judgement of the Supreme Court. THE CASES RELATING TO POLLUTION OF RIVER GANGA BEFORE NGT The Applicant Mr. Krishan Kant Singh filed the first case being Original Application no. 299...

...earlier constituted Committees as follows:— Sr. No. Particulars of the case Constitution of the Committee 1. Monitoring of remedial action to control pollution of River Ganga...included pollution of river Ganga, rejuvenation of river Hindon, sand mining at Allahabad, pollution of Thermal Power Station in Singrauli, pollution of Ramgarh lake and river Ami in Gorakhpur, solid...relating to solid and liquid waste management, pollution of rivers Ganga and Yamuna and some of other issues mentioned earlier. 9. In O.A. No. 606/2018, the Tribunal has...