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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Visakhapatnam gas tragedy: NGT cites obsolete law in gas leak case -Krishnadas Rajagopal

Visakhapatnam gas tragedy: NGT cites obsolete law in gas leak case -Krishnadas Rajagopal

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published Published on May 8, 2020   modified Modified on May 9, 2020

-The Hindu

Principle of ‘strict liability’ was made redundant in 1986

The National Green Tribunal's order on Friday in the Visakhapatnam gas tragedy found LG Polymers prima facie liable under the 19th century English law principle of “strict liability”, which was made redundant in India by the Supreme Court in 1986. Lawyers say the term “absolute liability” should have been used instead.

Even though the NGT directed the company to deposit an initial amount of 50 crore and formed a fact-finding committee, its use of the term “strict liability” has been questioned. For, under the “strict liability principle”, a party is not liable and need not pay compensation if a hazardous substance escapes his premises by accident or by an “act of God’” among other circumstances.

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The Hindu, 8 May, 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/visakhapatnam-gas-tragedy-ngt-cites-obsolete-law-in-gas-leak-case/article31537617.ece?homepage=true


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