https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291756 Environmental remediation costs for supplying potable water may be recovered from industries identified through a court-monitored pollution control process, even where exact scientific apportionment of each unit's contribution is unavailable. The Kerala HC note states that combined industrial pollution in the locality justified applying the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle to require the contributing industries to bear recurring drinking-water charges for affected residents. It also records that the challenge based on alleged action under dictation failed, because the impugned direction was issued in implementation of a Supreme Court monitoring mechanism rather than by external compulsion. en-us Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:38:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291756 Environmental remediation costs for supplying potable water may be recovered from industries identified through a court-monitored pollution control process, even where exact scientific apportionment of each unit's contribution is unavailable. The Kerala HC note states that combined industrial pollution in the locality justified applying the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle to require the contributing industries to bear recurring drinking-water charges for affected residents. It also records that the challenge based on alleged action under dictation failed, because the impugned direction was issued in implementation of a Supreme Court monitoring mechanism rather than by external compulsion. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291756