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M C MEHTA VS UNION OF INDIA (OLEUM LEAK CASE)

The Supreme Court in M C Mehta Vs Union of India (1987) 1 SCR 819  held that where an enterprise is engaged in a hazardous or inherently dangerous activity and harm results to anyone on account of an accident in the operation of such hazardous or inherently dangerous activity , the enterprise shall be  strictly and absolutely liable to compensate all those who are affected by the accident.

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