MC Mehta (Mahesh Chandra Mehta) is a public interest attorney in India and also a Supreme Court lawyer. He was born on October 12, 1946 in district Rajouri in the State of Jammu & Kashmir. He has won many numerous landmark judgments from India's Supreme
Court since 1984 and got Padma Shri Award in 2016, Some of his famous cases were lead-free gasoline to India and
reducing the industrial pollution fouling the Ganges and eroding the Taj Mahal.
Below are the some list of the cases filed in Supreme Court of India by M.C. Mehta that created an impact not just in India but in many other countries.
MC Mehta moved to the Supreme Court with a writ petition seeking protection of India's most famous monument Taj Mahal of Agra from pollution in 1984. Twelve years later in 1996, the Supreme Court directed the government to take a slew of measures including closure of polluting factories in what was defined as Taj Trapezium Zone and improving health of Yamuna. And now 22 years after Taj Trapezium ruling, the Supreme Court told the government: Either we will shut it down or you demolish or restore it.
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MC Mehta Environmental Cases
Protecting the Cultural Heritage
The Taj Mahal Case
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Others, Petition (Civil) No.13381 of 1984MC Mehta moved to the Supreme Court with a writ petition seeking protection of India's most famous monument Taj Mahal of Agra from pollution in 1984. Twelve years later in 1996, the Supreme Court directed the government to take a slew of measures including closure of polluting factories in what was defined as Taj Trapezium Zone and improving health of Yamuna. And now 22 years after Taj Trapezium ruling, the Supreme Court told the government: Either we will shut it down or you demolish or restore it.
Delhi Monuments Case
M.C. Mehta v. Archaeological Survey of India and Others, Petition (Civil) No. 476 of 1996Conservation of water from polluting sources
Ganga Pollution Case
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Others, Petition (Civil) No. 3727 of 1985Protecting the Beas River
M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath and Others, Petition (Civil) No. 182 of 1996Ground water Pollution
Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India, Petition No. 000967 of 1989Making Industries Accountable
Oleum Gas Leak Case
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Others, Petition (Civil) No. 12739 of 1985Industries violating Delhi’s Master Plan
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Others, Petition (Civil) No. 4677 of 1985The Antop Hill Case
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, Petition (Civil) No. 12179 of 1985Delhi Hazardous Industries
M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India & Others, Petition(Civil) No. 4677 of 1985Revolutionizing the mode of transport
Introduction of CNG in India
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Others, Petition (Civil) No. 13029 of 1985Safeguard from Radiation
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Others, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1043 of 1986Environmental Education
Regulation of Prawn farming
(Created an international impact, Prawn farming was controlled) S.Jagannathan v. Union of India Writ Petition (Civil) No. 000561 of 1994
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