Environmental Law
Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya · LL.B. Semester 2 · LAW-CC-215
Unit I — Concept of Environment and Pollution
Environment · Meaning and definition and contents · Pollution · Meaning and definition · Kinds of pollution · Effects of pollution · 2. Legal control: historical perspectives · Indian tradition: dharma of environment · British Raj- industrial development and exploitation of nature · Public Nuisance: penal code and procedural codes · Free India- continuance of British influence · Old laws and new interpretations
Unit II — Constitutional Perspectives
Directive Principles · Status, role and interrelationship with Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties. · Fundamental Duty · Contents · Judicial approach · Fundamental Rights · Right to clean and healthy environment · Right to education · Right to information · Environment Vs. Development · Enforcing agencies and remedies · Courts · Tribunals · Constitutional, Statutory and judicial remedies · Emerging principles · Polluter pays: public liability insurance · Precautionary principle · Public trust doctrine · Sustainable development · 2. Water and Air Pollution · Meaning and standards · Culprits and victims · Offences and penalties · Judicial approach · The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024
- Constitutional Provisions relating to rights and duties of people and government
- Environment Protection-Significant Concepts and Principles — Sustainable development Polluter Pays Principle Precautionary Principle
- The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1974- Definitions, Establishments of — Central Pollution Control Board (S. 3)
- The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981- Definitions, Establishments of — Central Pollution Control Board (S. 3)
- 1. — Directive Principles of State Policy
Unit III — Noise Pollution
Legal control -The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 · Kinds of balancing: permissible and impermissible noise. · 2. Environment Protection Act, 1986 · Protection agencies: power and functions under Environment Protection Act, 1986 · Protection: means and sanctions · Emerging protection through delegated legislation
Unit IV — Forest and greenery
Greenery conservation laws · Forest Conservation Act,1980,The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023 · Conservation agencies · Prior approval and non-forest purpose · FDST ACT, 2006 · Denudation of forest: judicial approach · Wild Life Sanctuaries and national parks. · Licensing of zoos and parks · State monopoly in the sale of wild life and wild life articles · Offences against wild Life. · Wildlife Amendment Act,2002 · Wildlife Amendment Act,2006 · Wildlife Amendment Act,2013 · The Wild life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 · 2. Bio-diversity · Legal control - The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and the Biological Diversity · (Amendment) Act, 2023 · Control of eco-unfriendly experimentation on animals, plants, seeds and micro organism. · Bio – Ethics
Unit V — International regime
Stockholm conference · Rio conference · Bio-diversity · U.N. declaration on Right to Development. · Rio de janerio Earth Summit - 2012 · 2. National Green Tribunal · National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 · Objectives · Constitution · Power, Functions & Jurisdictions