Reviewed case brief
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Kanpur Tanneries Case)
AIR 1988 SC 1037 (within the broader Ganga Pollution litigation)
AIR 1988 SC 1037 (within the broader Ganga Pollution litigation) · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1988
- Subjects
- Environmental Law
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Closure is an appropriate, and sometimes necessary, remedy for non-compliance with orders to install effluent treatment, given the insufficiency of financial penalties alone in some circumstances.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
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AIR 1988 SC 1037
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