This book is a fundamental resource for advocates, teachers and more specifically, LL.B and other students for understanding Environmental Law in depth. The authors, Dr. Kavita Lalchandani and Dr. Kiran Sharma, have tried to align it with the academic syllabi as prescribed by the University of Mumbai. The readers of the book will be equipped with the national and international legal measures, dealing with environmental issues and contemporary challenges. Significantly, the book has covered various kinds of pollution, sustainable development, global warming, climate change, the Constitution of India, various Acts and rights under common law and legal remedies. Furthermore, the book includes a wide range of landmark cases and emerging mechanisms to protect and conserve the environment in a better way, such as environmental impact assessment and eco-mark. It also elaborates on the role of the regulatory bodies, such as the Central Pollution Control Board and the National Green Tribunal.
Contents –
Module 1: Environment, Constitutional and Statutory Perspective
1.1 Environment, its Components, and Factors Affecting the Quality of Environment Including Global Warming, Climate Change and Kinds of Pollution
1.2 Environmental Law – Meaning and Purpose
1.3 Constitutional Provisions Relating to Rights and Duties of People and Government, Public Interest Litigation and Judicial Activism
1.4 General Laws and Environment Protection – Application of Tort Law, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly, the Indian Penal Code, 1860) and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)
Module 2: Global Perspective and Fundamental Doctrine
2.1 Environment Protection from International Perspectives
2.2 Environment Protection – Significant Concepts and Principles
Module 3: Specific and General Legislative Framework
3.1 The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
3.2 The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
3.3 The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
3.4 Indian Forest Act, 1927 and Forest Conservation Act, 1980
Module 4: Other Statutory Measures and Rules
4.1 The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
4.2 The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
4.3 Rules Addressing Some Environmental Problems
