Public Trust Doctrine

Supreme Court Mandates Compensation and Ecological Reversal in Vellore Tannery Pollution Case (2025)

/ Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, J.B. Pardiwala, Judges, Polluter Pays Principle, Precautionary Principle, Public Trust Doctrine, R. Mahadevan, Right to Healthy Environment, Sustainable Development, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 with Section 24, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 with Section 25, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 with Section 26

LEGAL ISSUE: Liability for environmental damage and the extent of compensation in cases of continuing pollution. CASE TYPE: Environmental Law, Public Interest Litigation Case Name: Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee vs. The District Collector, Vellore District & Others; All India Skin and Hide Tanners and Merchants Association vs. Loss of Ecology (Prevention & Compensation Authority) […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Vedanta’s Copper Plant for Environmental Violations: Vedanta Limited vs. State of Tamil Nadu (29 February 2024)

/ Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 136, Constitutional Law with Article 226, Environmental Law, Pollution Control, Public Trust Doctrine, The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974

Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Vedanta’s Copper Plant for Environmental Violations Date of the Judgment: 29 February 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 175 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI, J B Pardiwala, J, Manoj Misra, J. Can a company continue to operate a polluting industrial plant despite repeated violations of environmental norms? The Supreme Court of

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Supreme Court Orders Protection of Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican: M.K. Ranjitsinh & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. (2021) INSC 217 (19 April 2021)

/ A.S. Bopanna, Companies Act, 2013, Companies Act, 2013 with Section 135, Companies Act, 2013 with Section 166(2), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016, Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 with Section 2(a), Environmental Law, Judges, Public Trust Doctrine, S. A. Bobde, V. Ramasubramanian

Supreme Court Orders Protection of Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican Date of the Judgment: 19 April 2021 Citation: (2021) INSC 217 Judges: S. A. Bobde (Chief Justice of India), A.S. Bopanna J., and V. Ramasubramanian J. Can India’s endangered bird species be saved from extinction? The Supreme Court of India addressed this critical question

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Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of ‘Public Trust’ Doctrine in Land Disputes: Ram Avatar Soni vs. Mahanta Laxmidhar Das (2018)

/ Indira Banerjee, Judges, Land Disputes, Land Law, Ownership Disputes, Property Rights, Public Trust Doctrine, R. Banumathi, Temple Properties

Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of ‘Public Trust’ Doctrine in Land Disputes: Ram Avatar Soni vs. Mahanta Laxmidhar Das (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Applicability of the ‘Public Trust’ doctrine in disputes concerning the management of temple properties. CASE TYPE: Civil Appeal Case Name: Ram Avatar Soni vs. Mahanta Laxmidhar Das and Ors. Judgment Date: 24 October

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