India produces 13% of the world’s leather. The leather market is valued at approximately ₹40,000 crore. But Justice Mahadevan also highlighted how tannery clusters were usually “located in ...

Despite claims that tannery industries had established effluent ... Supreme Court in Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum Vs Union of India, which was the first to acknowledge the “polluter pays ...

Despite claims that tannery industries had established effluent ... Supreme Court in Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum Vs Union of India, which was the first to acknowledge the “polluter pays ...

Pronouncing the verdict, Justice Mahadevan mandated compensation for the affected families besides directing the recovery of costs from polluting industries under the "Polluter Pays" principle.

Supreme Court passed directions, including compensation to the aggrieved, to mitigate pollution in Palar River in Tamil Nadu due to the discharge of untreated effluents from local tanneries.

The Supreme Court held that polluters remain liable to compensate victims and restore the environment until the damage is undone ...