Supreme Court of India

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

Neutral citation
Reported as [1996] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 383
Bench Kuldip Singh and S. Saghir Ahmad JJ.
Decided 19 December 1996

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

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. . State Pollution Control Board, possibility of setting up of Common Effluent Plant at existing locations of Calcutta Tanneries rnled out-Calcutta tanneries

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.