Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India (H Acid Case)
Supreme Court of India(1996) 3 SCC 212Applied the Polluter Pays Principle and held that the financial costs of preventing or remedying environmental damage must be borne by the undertaking which caused the pollution. Chemical industries in Bichhri village, Rajasthan were directed to pay full remediation costs for H-acid waste contamination.