Legal & Scientific Resources

India — Vedanta Limited v. State of Tamil Nadu, and others W.P.No.5756 of 2019 (2020.08.18) (High Court of Madras) (Judgment) (Maintaining closure of the Sterlite copper smelter)
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08/18/2020
India -- Sterlite Industries v. Union of India, Civil Appeal Nos. 2776-2783 of 2013 (Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 28116-28123 of 2010) (Supreme Court of India) (2013/04/02) (judgment) (copper smelter, toxic gas leak, closure order)
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04/02/2013
India – Prafulla Samantray v. Union of India & ORS, Appeal 8/2011 (2012.03.30) (National Green Tribunal) (Order suspending environmental clearance for the POSCO project)
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Date of the Resource:
03/30/2012
India -- Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India and others CWP No.6802 of 2010 (2011.08.12) (High Court of Himachal Pradesh) (judgment setting aside enviromental clearance)
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08/12/2011
India -- Vedanta Aluminium v. Union of India, WP(C) 19605/2010 (2011.07.19) (High Court of Orissa) (Judgment)
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07/19/2011
India -- National Trust for Clean Environment v. Union of India and others, (2010.09.28) (High Court of Madras) (Order closing Sterlite’s copper smelting plant in Tuticorin)
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09/28/2010
India -- Pratap Singh Thakur v. Ministry of the Environment and Forests and others, Appeal No. 34 of 2009 (2010.08.30) (National Environmental Appellate Authority) (Order) (Overturning Environmental Clearance for proposed cement plant and limestone mine)
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Date of the Resource:
08/30/2010
European Court of Human Rights -- Dubetska and others v. Ukraine, Application no. 30499/03 (2011.02.10) (ECHR) (Judgment) (Vilshyna coal pollution case, award of non-pecuniary damages)
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Date of the Resource:
02/10/2009
South Africa – Tergniet and Toekoms Action Group v. Outeniqua Kreosootpale Ltd., et al., Case no. 10083/2008 (2009.01.23) (High Court of South Africa, Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division) (Judgment)
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01/23/2009
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Mendoza, Beatriz Silvia y otros c/ Estado Nacional y otros (2008.07.08) (daños derivados de la contaminación ambiental del Río Matanza - Riachuelo) (English and Spanish)
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07/08/2008
Nepal -- Prakash Mani Sharma, and others. v. Cabinet Secretariat, H.M.G, Singh Durbar, and others, writ 3027/2059 (2007.12.07) (Supreme Court of Nepal) (regulation of brick kilns in the Kathmandu valley)
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Date of the Resource:
07/12/2007
Ghana -- Center for Public Interest Law and another v. Tema Oil Refinery, Suit No. E12/91/07 (2007.06.09) (The High Court of Justice) (Statement of Claim)
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06/09/2007
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 12739/1985 (1986.02.17) (Oleum Gas Leak Case)
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02/17/1986