https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457861 Environmental violations in mining operations, when established and not meaningfully rebutted, justify compensation and restorative directions under the polluter pays principle. The Monitoring Committee's findings were accepted, including diversion of river flow, in-stream mining, excessive depth excavation, missing boundary pillars, absence of CCTV and GPS monitoring, failure to implement progressive mine closure and replenishment measures, inadequate green belt and river buffer maintenance, and unlawful screening plant operations. Based on these breaches, the mining lease holders were made liable for environmental compensation and directed to undertake restoration of the degraded area, including measures to restore the river's natural flow. Further mining was restrained in view of the recorded violations. en-us Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 11:47:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457861 Environmental violations in mining operations, when established and not meaningfully rebutted, justify compensation and restorative directions under the polluter pays principle. The Monitoring Committee's findings were accepted, including diversion of river flow, in-stream mining, excessive depth excavation, missing boundary pillars, absence of CCTV and GPS monitoring, failure to implement progressive mine closure and replenishment measures, inadequate green belt and river buffer maintenance, and unlawful screening plant operations. Based on these breaches, the mining lease holders were made liable for environmental compensation and directed to undertake restoration of the degraded area, including measures to restore the river's natural flow. Further mining was restrained in view of the recorded violations. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457861