https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298450 Imported waste oil containing detectable PCB levels was held to constitute hazardous waste under Indian environmental law, and the Basel Convention threshold was treated only as guidance, not as overriding stricter domestic standards. The Court accepted that the consignments had deteriorated and that safe re-refining or re-export was not practical, so hazardous consignments were ordered to be destroyed by supervised incineration, with a limited recycling option left open only for the one consignment found fit for that purpose. Applying the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle, the Court held the importers liable for the costs of testing, transport and destruction. en-us Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:09:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298450 Imported waste oil containing detectable PCB levels was held to constitute hazardous waste under Indian environmental law, and the Basel Convention threshold was treated only as guidance, not as overriding stricter domestic standards. The Court accepted that the consignments had deteriorated and that safe re-refining or re-export was not practical, so hazardous consignments were ordered to be destroyed by supervised incineration, with a limited recycling option left open only for the one consignment found fit for that purpose. Applying the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle, the Court held the importers liable for the costs of testing, transport and destruction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298450