M/S. Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd ... vs The Chairman Tamil Nadu Pollution ... on 8 August, 2013
In the
recent times, there has been accelerated degradation of the
environment, primarily on account of lack of effective
enforcement of laws and non-compliance with the statutory
norms. Concentrated industrialisation in some pockets has been
the other reason for enhanced damage to the environment. It
emerges from the desire of the people to operate from the areas
where the industry presently exists. [ References: Subhash
Kumar v. State of Bihar (1991) 1 SCC 598; Virendra Gaur v. State
of Haryana (1995) 2 SCC 577; A.P. Pollution Control Board v. Prof.
M.V. Nayudu (1999) 2 SCC 718; M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (2000)
6 SCC 213; Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India (2000) 10
117
SCC 664; Hinch Lal Tiwari v. Kamla Devi (2001) 6 SCC 496; T.N.
Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India (2002) 10 SCC 606;
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (2004) 6 SCC 588; M.C. Mehta v.
Union of India (2004) 12 SCC 118; In Re: Noise Pollution (2005) 5
SC 733; Milkmen Colony Vikas Samiti v. State of Rajasthan (2007)
2 SCC 413 ].