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Sep 28 2016 (HC)

Central India AYUSH Drugs Manufacturers Association and Others Vs. Sta ...

Court : Mumbai Nagpur

..... the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981, vide its section 31, provides for an appeal against an order of the state board to the appellate authority, as the state government may constitute. ..... section 28 of the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 provides for an appeal against an order made by the state board. ..... section 13 of the water (prevention and control of pollution) cess act, 1977 prescribes an appeal by any person or local authority against an order of assessment to such authority as may be prescribed by the rules made under the said act. ..... rajasthan state pollution control board and others). 19. ..... it includes water, air and land, and the inter relationship which exists among and between water, air and land and human beings, other living creatures, plants, microorganism and property. ..... section 20 obliges the tribunal to apply principles of sustainable development, precautionary principle and polluter pays principle, while adjudicating the proceedings before it. ..... it stipulates that if there is direct violation of specific statutory environmental obligation or then environmental consequences relating to a specific activity or a point source of pollution, the same are covered in the sweep of this inclusive definition. ..... tribunal is deemed to be a civil court for the purpose of section 195 and chapter xxvi of criminal procedure code, 1973. .....

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Jan 12 1988 (SC)

M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1988SC1115; (1988)1CompLJ81(SC); JT1988(1)SC69; 1988(1)SCALE54; (1988)1SCC471; [1988]2SCR530; 1988(1)LC512(SC)

..... have, in the judgment delivered by us on september 22, 1987, briefly referred to the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 (act no. ..... (3) of section 1 of the adhiniyam, which is to be found in its 1st chapter, provides that the ist chapter of the adhiniyam shall come into operation at once and the remaining provisions in relation to a city shall come into operation from such date as the state government may by notification in the official gazette appoint in that behalf and different dates may be appointed for different provisions. ..... to the grave consequences of the pollution of water and air and the need for protecting and improving the natural environment which is considered to be one of the fundamental duties under the constitution [vide clause (g) of article 51a of the constitution] we are of the view that it is the duty of the central government to direct all the educational institutions throughout india to teach atleast for one hour in a week lessons relating to the protection and the improvement of the natural environment ..... appendix a/1 to 'an action plan for prevention of pollution of the ganga1 gives the following particulars relating to the quantity of sewerage generated in the city of kanpur which is discharged into the river ganga and other relevant matters: kanpur population estimated water estimated treatment in 1981 supply in 1981 sewage generated (70% of the water supply to the city) 16.39 lacs 392.14 million 274.50 million nil litres a day litres .....

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Jun 25 2008 (HC)

Gemini Distilleries Ltd. Represented by Its Director, Sri Arun Kumar P ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : 2009CriLJ211; 2009(2)KarLJ311; 2008(4)KCCR2181; 2008(6)AIRKarR12

..... first appellate court found that there is contravention of section 24 and not sections 25 & 26 therefore, they are liable to be punished under section 43 of the water (prevention and control of pollution) act 1974 and accordingly, set aside the order of conviction passed lay the trial court and remanded the matter back to the trial court.4. ..... judgment of conviction passed by the trial court and remanded the matter back to the trial court with a direction to frame fresh charge against the accused-petitioners herein for an offence under section 24 of the 'act' which is punishable under section 43 of the water (prevention and control of pollution) act 1974 and to permit the parties to lead fresh evidence if any, if they so choose and dispose of the matter. ..... warrant case, the trial court without recording the evidence before charge passed an order holding that there was sufficient material to frame the charges and accordingly, charge was framed against the accused-petitioners on 05.03.2002 for the offences punishable under sections 25 and 26 of the water pollution act.3. ..... petitioners submitted that after issuance of process and after accused-petitioners put in their appearance in the case and as the case was one triable as warrant case as provided under chapter-xix of the code of criminal procedure, the trial court ought to have adopted the procedure for trial of the case instituted otherwise than on police report, as contemplated under chapter xix(b) and section 244 of the cr.p.c. .....

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Jun 23 2009 (HC)

Shallang Area Coal Dealer and Truck Owner Association and Etc. Vs. Sta ...

Court : Guwahati

Reported in : AIR2010Gau11

..... broadly such persons fall under four categories - (1) persons operating weighbridges on various terms and conditions stipulated by the state of meghalaya; (2) the local tribal chiefs known as syiems and sardars; (3 the authorities purportedly implementing the provisions of the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 and (4) the police officers of the state of meghalaya.2. ..... us to go into the entire scheme of the motor vehicles act except the relevant provisions of the act.section 391 of the act mandates that no motor vehicle be driven in any public place or in any other place unless the vehicle is registered in accordance with chapter iv of the motor vehicles act and has a valid certificate of registration.under section 412 of the act an application for registration of the motor vehicle is required to be accompanied by documents, particulars and information, as may be prescribed by the central government.under ..... section 583 of the act the central government is authorised to specify, among other things (by a notification in the official gazette) the 'gross .....

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Feb 14 1994 (HC)

Law Society of India Vs. Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. and ...

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1994Ker308

..... in the affidavit filed by the senior environmental engineer of the kerala state pollution control board as per the order of this court on 9-11-1993 it is stated that the ambient air quality standard for ammonia was notified on 14-5-1992 by the kerala state pollution control board in consultation with the central pollution control board under section 17(1)(i) of the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 as 400 micro gram/m3 (24 hours average), the annual average shall also not to be exceeded. ..... in chapter i of the environment (protection) act, 'hazardous substance' is defined to mean any substance or preparation which, by reason of its chemical or physico-chemical properties or handling, is liable to cause harm to human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism, property or the environment. ..... after the bhopal tragedy in 1984, the factories act was amended in 1987 adding a chapter iv-a. ..... section 41a in chapter 1v-a of the factories act provided that the state government may for purposes of advising it to consider applications for grant of permission for the initial location of a factory involving a hazardous process or for the expansion of any such factory, appoint a site ..... chapter iv-a relates to hazardous processes. .....

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Jan 29 1993 (HC)

Dass Colour Lab Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1993(42)ECC243

..... commissioner of income-tax, west bengal : [1977]108itr345(sc) , the member secretary, andhra pradesh state board for prevention and control of water pollution v. ..... (iii) chapter 98 of the harmonized system (which is for special use) has been made use of for our special needs like project imports, laboratory chemicals, passengers' baggage, imports by post or air and ship stores:(iv) chapter 99, which is another chapter lit the harmonized system for special use, has been utilised to specify in the schedule itself certain imports which are currently exempted from customs duty by virtue of notifications under section 25 of the customs act, 1962.9 ..... was contended that the rate of duty leviable was that ruling on 11th july, 1981 and not the later date. ..... on 4th august, 1981, a berth was allotted and the customs authorities made the final entry on that ..... thereafter, it returned to bombay and arrived on 23rd july, 1981 and waited for a berth. ..... that case, the petitioner entered into a contract with foreign sellers for the supply of edible oils and the vessel carrying the consignment approached bombay and made its prior entry on 4th july, 1981. ..... was assessed on the footing that the import was made on 31st july, 1981, the date of 'inward entry'. ..... order was passed by the customs officer on 18th july, 1981 directing examination of the consignment. ..... it arrived and registered in the port of bombay on 11th july, 1981. ..... petitioners presented the bill of entry to the customs authorities on 19th july, 1981. .....

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Jan 29 1993 (HC)

Suresh Colour Labs Vs. Union of India

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1993(64)ELT399(Mad)

..... commissioner of income-tax, west bengal, : [1977]108itr345(sc) ; the member secretary, andhra pradesh state board for prevention and control of water pollution v. ..... : [1979]1scr372 ; the member secretary, andhra pradesh state board for prevention and control of water pollution v. ..... (1951) 2 all er 473 (lord simonds); the member secretary, andhra pradesh state board for prevention and control of water pollution v. ..... (iv) chapter 99, which is another chapter in the harmonised system for special use, has been utilised to specify in the schedule itself certain imports which are currently exempted from customs duty by virtue of notifications under section 25 of the customs act, 1962. 9. ..... thereafter, it returned to bombay and arrived on 23rd july, 1981 and waited for a berth. ..... , air 1989 sc 911 in refuting the doctrine of 'the substance of the matter' lord tomlin observed : 'it is said that in revenue cases there is a doctrine that the court may ignore the legal position and regard what is called 'the substance of the matter'. ..... (iii) chapter 98 of the harmonised system (which is for special use) has been made use of for our special needs like project imports, laboratory chemicals, passengers' baggage, imports by post or air and ship stores. ..... m & g stores, air 1968 sc 200; joint commercial tax officer v. ..... m & g stores, air 1968 sc 200; j. k. ..... air 1951 s.c. .....

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Jan 04 2008 (HC)

icici Bank Limited Rep. by Its Sr. Vice President-hr Vs. Lakshminaraya ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2009(1)CTC22

..... for example, there are certain legislations like the industrial disputes act, the minimum wages act, the factories act or for maintaining proper environment, say the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 or the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974 etc. ..... however, taking into consideration the fact that the bcci discharges certain duties like the selection of an indian cricket team, controlling the activities of the players and others involved in the game of cricket, the supreme court held that these activities can be said to be akin to public duties or state's functions and if there is violation of any constitutional or statutory obligation or rights of other citizens, the aggrieved party may not have a relief by way of petition under article ..... -bank, is concerned, 'as to whom' it will apply, has been provided under chapter ii, regulation 3 of the pension regulations of the appellant-bank; while under clause (1)(a) of regulation 3, the regulations apply to employees who were in the services of the appellant-bank on or after 1st january, 1986, but retired before 1st november, 1993, clause (2)(a) of regulation 3 relates to employees who retired on or after 1st november, 1983 and the rest of the clauses relate to those who were in the ..... under chapter v relating to 'classes of pension' in the pension regulations, while regulation 29 deals with the 'pension of voluntary retirement', regulation 35 relates to 'pension to employees retiring under vrs. .....

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Jan 29 2004 (HC)

Shahnaz Ayurvedics Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2004(173)ELT337(All)

..... prevention and control of water pollution ..... further held that the real test to determine regarding the classification of products claimed to be ayurvedic medicines would be to find out as to how the customers, practitioners in ayurvedic medicines, dealers and licensing officials treat the product and where all the ingredients of the products in question are mentioned in the authoritative book of ayurveda, the mere fact that the ingredients are purified or added with some preservatives, does not really ..... burden to prove that a particular product falls within a particular chapter of act 1985, lies upon the revenue and not upon the assessee and for the same, evidence is to be adduced and the contents of the products have to be analysed in order to determine as to whether some of them have medicinal values and it is not relevant as to whether the said content is ..... ) : air 1989 sc 832, the hon'ble supreme court held as under :-'in order to make the demand for duty sustainable beyond a period of six months and up to a period of 5 years in view of the proviso to section 11a of the act, it has to be established that the duty of excise has not been levied or paid or short-levied or short-paid, or erroneously refunded by reasons of either fraud or collusion or wilful misstatement or suppression of facts or contravention of any provision of the act or rules ..... : [1981]131itr597(sc) ; keshavji ..... : [1981]1scr206 , the apex court came to the conclusion that theory of alternative institutional .....

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Feb 13 1996 (SC)

Indian Council for Enviro-legal Action and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uo ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1996SC1446; (1996)3GLR272; JT1996(2)SC196; 1996(5)SCALE412; (1996)3SCC212; [1996]2SCR503

..... the air [prevention and control of pollution] act, 1981 contains similar provisions. 52 ..... problem of increasing pollution of rivers and streams in the country - says the statement of objects and reasons appended to the bill which became the water [prevention and control of pollution] act, 1974 - attracted the attention of the state legislatures and the parliament. ..... that basis, the parliament enacted the water [prevention and control of pollution] act, 1974. ..... the chapter then sets out the various remedial measures, including land treatment, soil washing, revegetation, control over the flow of the contaminated water to adjoining lands through canals, leaching of soluble salts, design of farm to development agroforestry and/or forestry plantation with salt tolerant crops/plants and ground water ..... para 6.1, titled 'introduction', states: as could be seen from the date reported in chapters 4 and 5, the ground water and soils within 2 km from the plant have been contaminated. ..... para 7.4 states the conclusions flowing from the material in chapter -6 thus: the cost of damage to be disbursed to the affected villagers is estimated at ..... chapters-vi and vii in neeri report [submitted in 1994] shall be deemed to be the show-cause notice issued by the central government proposing the determination of the said ..... this chapter details the remedial measures that can be considered for implementation to restore the environmental quality of the affected area ..... in chapter-6, the report mentions the remedial .....

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