Supreme Court of India
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that it is the duty of the Central Government to direct all the educational institutions throughout India to teach at least for one hour in a week lessons relating to the protection and the improvement of the natural environment including forests, lakes, D rivers and wild life in the first ten classes.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
In re. control, prevention and abatement of pollution of Ganga water-In Kanpur, U. P. -Responsibility of the municipal body in respect thereof c This Court in M. . Mehta v. Union of India & Ors., 119871 4 S. . . 463 had issued certain directions with regard to the industries in which the business of tanning was being carried on near Kanpur on the -l banks of the River Ganga. On that occasion, the Court had 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 next, and
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Ajay Malik v. State of Uttarakhand & Anr.
- 2019 Jitendra Singh v. Ministry of Environment & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on
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