Section 38 AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981

 


Section 38 AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981 : 

Penalties for certain acts.—Whoever—

(a) destroys, pulls down, removes, injures or defaces any pillar, post or stake fixed in the ground or any notice or other matter put up, inscribed or placed, by or under the authority of the Board, or

(b) obstructs any person acting under the orders or directions of the Board from exercising his powers and performing his functions under this Act, or

(c) damages any works or property belonging to the Board, or

(d) fails to furnish to the Board or any officer or other employ­ee of the Board any information required by the Board or such officer or other employee for the purpose of this Act, or

(e) fails to intimate the occurrence of the emission of air pollutants into the atmosphere in excess of the standards laid down by the State Board or the apprehension of such occurrence, to the State Board and other prescribed authorities or agencies as required under sub-section (1) of section 23, or

(f) in giving any information which he is required to give under this Act, makes a statement which is false in any material par­ticular, or

(g) for the purpose of obtaining any consent under section 21, makes a statement which is false in any material particular, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to 1[ten thousand rupees] or with both.


Supreme Court of India Important Judgments And Leading Case Law Related to Section 38 AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981 : 

M.C. Mehta vs Kamal Nath & Ors on 12 May, 2000

M.C. Mehta vs Kamal Nath & Ors on 12 May, 2000




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