Allahabad High Court Rules Pollution Control Board has Authority to Impose Environmental Compensation

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that the Pollution Control Board has the jurisdiction to impose environmental compensation while dealing with a case under Section 33A of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

The Bench relied on the cases of Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action etc. v Union of India and others, and Delhi Pollution Control Committee v Lodhi  Property Company Ltd., where the SC correlated the power of the State Government with that of the Central Government to issue directions to a polluting industry to pay a certain amount of compensation and carry out remedial measures.

[M/S Ramesh Dyeing And Washing, Ghaziabad Thru Proprietor Ramesh Chand V State Of U.P.]