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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)
Countries and Regions:
India
Date of the Resource:
08/18/2020
Resource Topic:
Pollution, Air
,
Industrial air pollution
,
Pollution, Industrial
,
Copper smelters
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)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
Date of the Resource:
04/02/2013
Resource Topic:
Copper smelters
,
Pollution, Industrial
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)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
Date of the Resource:
03/30/2012
Resource Topic:
Iron and steel plants
,
Pollution, Industrial
,
Environmental Impact Assessment
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)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
Date of the Resource:
08/12/2011
Resource Topic:
Sand, gravel and aggregate mining
,
Mining
,
Cement plants
,
Pollution, Industrial
,
Environmental Impact Assessment
India -- Vedanta Aluminium v. Union of India, WP(C) 19605/2010 (2011.07.19) (High Court of Orissa) (Judgment)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date of the Resource:
07/19/2011
Resource Topic:
Environmental Impact Assessment
,
Enforcement
,
Pollution, Industrial
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)
Countries and Regions:
India
,
South Asia
Date of the Resource:
09/28/2010
Resource Topic:
Copper smelters
,
Pollution, Industrial
,
Environmental Impact Assessment
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)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
Date of the Resource:
08/30/2010
Resource Topic:
Environmental Impact Assessment
,
Pollution, Industrial
,
Cement plants
,
Mining
,
Sand, gravel and aggregate mining
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)
Countries and Regions:
Central and Eastern Europe
,
Ukraine
Date of the Resource:
02/10/2009
Resource Topic:
Financial Liability
,
Pollution, Industrial
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)
Countries and Regions:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Date of the Resource:
01/23/2009
Resource Topic:
Pollution, Industrial
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)
Countries and Regions:
Argentina
,
South America
Date of the Resource:
07/08/2008
Resource Topic:
Pollution, Water
,
Pollution, Industrial
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)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
Nepal
Date of the Resource:
07/12/2007
Resource Topic:
Pollution, Industrial
,
Brick kilns
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)
Countries and Regions:
Sub-Saharan Africa
,
Ghana
Date of the Resource:
06/09/2007
Resource Topic:
Pollution, Industrial
,
Petroleum refineries
,
Pollution, Water
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 12739/1985 (1986.02.17) (Oleum Gas Leak Case)
Countries and Regions:
South Asia
,
India
Date of the Resource:
02/17/1986
Resource Topic:
Attorney fees and costs
,
Pollution, Air
,
Human Rights
,
Pollution, Industrial