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Polluter Pays Principle
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Centre for Environmental Justice v. Anura Satharasinghe et. al, W.P. 291 of 2015, Sri Lanka Court of Appeal (16 November 16, 2020) (Wilpattu forest case)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
Sri Lanka
Date:
Monday, November 16, 2020
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
,
Protected Areas
Fishermen and Friends of the Sea v. The Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment [2017] UKPC 37 (Nov. 27, 2017)
Countries and Regions:
Caribbean
,
Trinidad And Tobago
Date:
Monday, November 27, 2017
Resource Topic:
Administrative Law
,
Polluter Pays Principle
Summary
Trinidad and Tobago’s flat fee system for obtaining water pollution permits, which does not provide adequate funds to correct environmental damage, violates the polluter pays principle.
India -- Tirupur Dyeing Factory Owners Association v. Noyyal River Ayacutdars Protection Association, CA 6777/2009 (Supreme Court of India, 2009.10.06) (Polluter Pays Principle)
Countries and Regions:
India
,
South Asia
Date:
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Resource Topic:
Water Pollution
,
Polluter Pays Principle
Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India, 1996 AIR 1446 (polluter pays principle; industrial pollution in Bichhri)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date:
Tuesday, February 13, 1996
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 3727/1985 (1996.12.19) (Tanneries Case: Calcutta)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date:
Thursday, December 19, 1996
Resource Topic:
Tanneries
,
Polluter Pays Principle
M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, WP 182/1996 (1996.12.13) (Beas River Case --public trust doctrine)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date:
Friday, December 13, 1996
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
,
Public Trust Doctrine
,
Water Pollution
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13381/1984 (1996.12.30) (Taj Trapezium Case)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date:
Monday, December 30, 1996
Resource Topic:
Petroleum refineries
,
Polluter Pays Principle
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural Resources Policy v. Union of India and Another, WP 657/1995 (2005.01.05)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date:
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
,
Hazardous waste
M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, WP 182/1996 (2000.05.12) (Beas River Case) (unofficial Spanish translation )
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date:
Friday, May 12, 2000
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
,
Public Trust Doctrine
Canada -- Imperial Oil Ltd. v. Quebec (Minister of the Environment), 2003 SCC 58 (2003.10.30) (polluter pays principle)
Countries and Regions:
Canada
,
North America
Date:
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, WP 182/1996 (2002.03.15) (Beas River Case: Imposition of Exemplary Damages)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
Date:
Friday, March 15, 2002
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
,
Public Trust Doctrine
,
Right to Dignity