Environment
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Statement of Objects and Reasons – The National Green Tribunal Act, 2009
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONSThe rapid expansion in industrial infrastructure and transportation sectors and increasing urbanisation in recent years have given rise to new pressures on our natural resources and environment. There is a commensurate increase in environment related litigation, involving multidisciplinary issues, pending in varisous courts and other authorities. The risk to human health […]
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Statement of Objects and Reasons – The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACТ, 1986INTRODUCTIONSince the sixties concern over the state of environment has grown the world over. There has been substantive decline in environment quality due to increasing pollution, loss of vegetal cover and biological diversity, excessive concentrations of harmful chemicals in the ambient atmosphere and in food chains, growing risks of environmental accidents […]
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List of Environmental Laws – India
The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991Indian Forest Act, 1927Forest Conservation Act 1980Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981Cess Act, 1977National Environmental Tribunal Act, 1995National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997 The […]
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Plastic Waste – Supreme Court Judgments
Supreme Court judgments on usage and disposal of Plastic Waste, with directions to Authorities on steps to minimise its use and contamination. 1. Plastic waste destroys ecological balance Plastic waste is a pollutant, destructor of ecological balance, and a major threat to utility of natural resources for survival of living species. Yet usage of plastic […]
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Plastic Ban – Constitutional Obligation
Provisions in Constitutional Law to ban usage of plastic in order to protect natural resources and environment 1. Introduction Plastic is life threatening and one of the worst causes of environmental pollution worldwide. Its widespread usage has choked precious natural and man-made resources. Single use (use and throw) plastic products in particular are extremely difficult […]