ANSWERABILITY OF OIL COMPANIES FOR VIOLATING ENVIRONMENT LAWS

Abstract

Over the course of time, many people have set up various industries which by their nature are supposed to be mindful of the environmental laws. However, the industries in lieu of following such norms have instead started violating the same for profiteering. Illegal profiteering is not as harmful as the unlawful acts leading to violation of environmental laws as the public’s health is at stake and such a damage to the environment is more or less irreversible and henceforth, is by far most dangerous unlawful act which cannot be corrected even by detaining the person responsible and closing of the company or banning of an industry for that matter. Therefore, it is pertinent to look into such laws and get acquainted with such laws by understanding few precedents and current norms which have been discussed in this paper briefly.