Environmental Law
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University · LL.B. Semester 3
Unit 1
General Background: · (a) Problems of Environmental Pollution and Protection, Forests, Wildlife, Climate Change and Biological Diversity · (b) E-waste management, Plastic Pollution, Disaster Management and Environmental Ethics · (c) History of Indian Environmental Laws · (d) Importance and Scope of Environmental Laws · (e) International Perspective of Environmental Law- International Efforts to Curb Environmental Pollution: Stockholm Conference, Earth Summit, Kyoto Protocol
Unit 2
Constitutional Aspects: · (a) Distribution of Legislative Power · (b) Directive Principles of State Policy · (c) Fundamental Duties · (d) Fundamental Rights
Unit 3
Legal Controls - The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. · (a) Salient Features of the Acts · (b) Definitions · (c) Authorities - Composition, Power and Function · (d) Mechanism to Control the Pollution · (e) Sanctions · (d) Water Conservation and Management
Unit 4
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986: · (a) Definition of 'Environment' · (b) Salient Features of the Act · (c) Authorities - Composition, Powers, Functions · (d) Mechanism to Control Environmental Pollution · (e) Sanctions · (f) Environmental Protection In India: Under Law of Tort, The Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita,2023, The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023
Unit 5
Control of Noise Pollution: · (a) Legal Control · (b) Judicial Control · (c) Polluter Pays Principle · (d) Precautionary Principle · (e) Public Trust Doctrine · (f) Sustainable Development