Gas leak at Vishakhapatnam was in news recently Consider the following statements in light of it Nat...........

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Gas leak at Vishakhapatnam was in news recently. Consider the following statements in light of it:

National Green Tribunal invoked the principle of Strict Liability to impose fine on LG Polymers India.
National Green Tribunal held LG Polymers India has Absolute liability.

?Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Both statements are correct because at first NGT invoked the principle of strict liability, but later held that LG Polymers India has absolute liability for the loss of life caused by a gas leak factory in VIzag.

Strict liability: 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.

Absolute Liability: the enterprise owes an absolute and non-delegable duty to the community to ensure that no harm results to anyone on account of hazardous or inherently dangerous nature of the activity which it has undertaken