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S/O. I.Kasi Viswanathan vs The Union Of India on 17 August, 2021

25.As rightly pointed out by Mr.R.Alagumani, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the recommendations were made by the first Law Commission as early as in 1956. The bill viz., Government liability in tort was introduced in 1965, reintroduced in 1969, got lapsed and thereafter, the said issue was forgotten for years together. The Hon’ble Supreme Court on 13.10.2011 in the case of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Vs. Uphaar Tragedy Victims Association and others reported in 2011 (14) SCC 481 and during 2014, in the case of Vadodara Municipal Corporation V. Purshottam v. Murjani and others reported in 2014 (16) SCC 14 also reiterated and recommended to the Parliament to enact a comprehensive legislation. The above dates and events would indicate the then Government acted very seriously by introducing the bill in 1965 & 1967. For more than half a century, the issue is successfully kept in cold storage by the policy makers.
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Rajender Prasad Yadav vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd. on 9 February, 2024

14......... The victims were consumers and the contractor was the service provider. Deficiency of service stood established. The stand of the Insurance Company based on the second policy dated 1-12-1992 limiting its liability is untenable. Having issued policy dated 1-11-1992 covering loss to the extent of Rs 20 lakhs per accident with Rs 80 lakhs as maximum in one year, the Insurance Company could not avoid its responsibility, as rightly held concurrently by the State Commission and NCDRC. Risk was required to be statutorily covered under the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991. The Insurance bound by the Insurance Development Authority Company was and Regulation of Policyholders Interests) Regulations, 2002 under the Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 and the law laid down in M.K.J. Corpn. (United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. M.K.J. Corpn., (1996) 6 SCC 428)  Pushpalaya Printers (United India Insurance Co. v. Pushpalaya Printers, (2004) 3 SCC 694) Ltd. v. and Asha Goel (LIC v. Asha Goel, (2001) 2 SCC 160, rightly referred to by Ncdrc in its order Vadodara Municipal Corpn. v. Purshottam V. Murjani, First Appeal No. 464 of 2002, decided on 2-11-2006 (NC).
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The Station Master Amritsar Railway ... vs Shilna K And Others on 11 November, 2025

This approach that a statutory corporation or local authority can be held liable in tort for injury occasioned on account of omission to oversee, or defective supervision of its activities contracted out to another agency, was also followed in Vadodara Municipal Corpn. v. Purshottam V. Murjani [Vadodara Municipal Corpn. v. Purshottam V. Murjani, (2014) 16 SCC 14 : (2015) 3 SCC (Civ) 397 : (2015) 3 SCC (Cri) 389].
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Saloni Ailwadi vs Ministry Of Heavy Industries And Public ... on 7 March, 2019

Union of India (2013) 4 SCC 575 : ¶ 47, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. UOI & Ors. (2006) 1 SCC 1 : ¶ 1, Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (1996) 3 SCC 212 : ¶ 67, Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. UOI , (1996) 5 SCC 647 : ¶ 11 to 13, M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1997) 1 SCC 388 : ¶ 10 , Public Trust Doctrine, ¶ 24, M.C. Mehta v. UOI & Ors., W.P (C) No. 13029/1985 order dated 24.10.2017, MCD v. Uphaar Tragedy Victims Association (2011) 14 SCC 481 : ¶ 99, 100, Vadodra Municipal Corporation v. Purshottam v. Murjani & Ors. (2014) 16 SCC 14 : ¶ 17 and M. C. Mehta & Anr. v. Union of India (1987) 1 SCC 395 :
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In Re : Water Pollution By Tanneries At ... vs Central Pollution Control Board on 15 November, 2019

Even if adequate dilution was available, the pollution load that too loaded with toxic Chromium is undoubtedly bound to affect the 4 M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India 1987 (1) SCC 395 5 Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. v. Union of India (2013) 4 SCC 575 : ¶ 47, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. UOI & Ors. (2006) 1 SCC 1 : ¶ 1, Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (1996) 3 SCC 212 : ¶ 67, Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. UOI , (1996) 5 SCC 647 : ¶ 11 to 13, M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1997) 1 SCC 388 : ¶ 10 , Public Trust Doctrine, ¶ 24, M.C. Mehta v. UOI & Ors., W.P (C) No. 13029/1985 order dated 24.10.2017, MCD v. Uphaar Tragedy Victims Association (2011) 14 SCC 481 : ¶ 99, 100, Vadodra Municipal Corporation v. Purshottam v. Murjani & Ors. (2014) 16 SCC 14 : ¶ 17 and M. C. Mehta & Anr. v. Union of India (1987) 1 SCC 395 : ¶ 32.
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In Re : Water Pollution By Tanneries At ... vs Central Pollution Control Board on 8 February, 2021

Even if adequate dilution was available, the pollution load that too loaded with toxic Chromium is undoubtedly bound to affect the water quality at one or other place and has potential to endanger the health and lives of people. The Principal 3 Dhal B., Thatoi H.N., Das N. and Pandey B.D. (2013). Chemical and microbial remediation of hexavalent chromium from contaminated soil and mining/metallurgical solid waste: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 250, 272-291 4 M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India 1987 (1) SCC 395 5 Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. v. Union of India (2013) 4 SCC 575 : ¶ 47, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. UOI & Ors. (2006) 1 SCC 1 : ¶ 1, Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (1996) 3 SCC 212 : ¶ 67, Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. UOI , (1996) 5 SCC 647 : ¶ 11 to 13, M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1997) 1 SCC 388 : ¶ 10 , Public Trust Doctrine, ¶ 24, M.C. Mehta v. UOI & Ors., W.P (C) No. 13029/1985 order dated 24.10.2017, MCD v. Uphaar Tragedy Victims Association (2011) 14 SCC 481 : ¶ 99, 100, Vadodra Municipal Corporation v. Purshottam v. Murjani & Ors. (2014) 16 SCC 14 : ¶ 17 and M. C. Mehta & Anr. v. Union of India (1987) 1 SCC 395 : ¶ 32.
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In Re : Water Pollution By Tanneries At ... vs Central Pollution Control Board on 23 November, 2021

4 M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India 1987 (1) SCC 395 5 Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. v. Union of India (2013) 4 SCC 575 : ¶ 47, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. UOI & Ors. (2006) 1 SCC 1 : ¶ 1, Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (1996) 3 SCC 212 : ¶ 67, Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. UOI , (1996) 5 SCC 647 : ¶ 11 to 13, M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1997) 1 SCC 388 : ¶ 10 , Public Trust Doctrine, ¶ 24, M.C. Mehta v. UOI & Ors., W.P (C) No. 13029/1985 order dated 24.10.2017, MCD v. Uphaar Tragedy Victims Association (2011) 14 SCC 481 : ¶ 99, 100, Vadodra Municipal Corporation v. Purshottam v. Murjani & Ors. (2014) 16 SCC 14 : ¶ 17 and M. C. Mehta & Anr. v. Union of India (1987) 1 SCC 395 : ¶ 32.
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Kissan Udey Samiti vs State Of Haryana on 23 October, 2019

1 : ¶ 1, Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (1996) 3 SCC 212 : ¶ 67, Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. UOI , (1996) 5 SCC 647 : ¶ 11 to 13, M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1997) 1 SCC 388 : ¶ 10 , Public Trust Doctrine, ¶ 24, M.C. Mehta v. UOI & Ors., W.P (C) No. 13029/1985 order dated 24.10.2017, MCD v. Uphaar Tragedy Victims Association (2011) 14 SCC 481 : ¶ 99, 100, Vadodra Municipal Corporation v. Purshottam v. Murjani & Ors. (2014) 16 SCC 14 : ¶ 17 and M. C. Mehta & Anr. v. Union of India (1987) 1 SCC 395 : ¶ 32.
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Kissan Udey Samiti vs State Of Haryana on 1 October, 2020

strictly liable for injury suffered by another person, irrespective of any negligence or carelessness on part of the managers of such undertaking. Pollution cannot be allowed to be profitable activity. The environment is priceless. Intentional violations have to be visited with more stringent damages than accidental or unintended. We have taken into account the principles for determining quantum of damages laid down, inter-alia, in Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. v. Union of India (2013) 4 SCC 575 : ¶ 47, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. UOI & Ors. (2006) 1 SCC 1 : ¶ 1, Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (1996) 3 SCC 212 : ¶ 67, Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. UOI , (1996) 5 SCC 647 : ¶ 11 to 13, M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1997) 1 SCC 388 : ¶ 10 , Public Trust Doctrine, ¶ 24, M.C. Mehta v. UOI & Ors., W.P (C) No. 13029/1985 order dated 24.10.2017, MCD v. Uphaar Tragedy Victims Association (2011) 14 SCC 481 : ¶ 99, 100, Vadodra Municipal Corporation v. Purshottam v. Murjani & Ors. (2014) 16 SCC 14 : ¶ 17 and M. C. Mehta & Anr. v. Union of India (1987) 1 SCC 395 : ¶ 32.
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