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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Environmental Law & Policy in India -- Copyright -- Dedication -- PREFACE -- FROM THE PREFACE TO THE 2ND EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SUMMARY CONTENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Common Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- A. Environmental Regulation Since 2000: An Overview -- I. The Plastic Cow -- II. The Regulatory Stew -- III. The Judge as Regulator: Trend-Lines -- IV. Statutory and Judicial Developments since 2000 -- B. Environment, Development and Democracy -- C. Special Features of Environmental Law -- D. Courts, Tribunals and the Environment |
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I. Features of the Judicial Process -- II. The High Courts and The Supreme Court -- III. The National Green Tribunal -- IV. The Bar -- 2. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN INDIA -- A. Introduction -- I. What is Environmental Policy -- II. The Courts and Policy -- B. Natural Resources, Policy and Public Trust -- C. Early Environmental Legislation -- I. Water Pollution -- II. Wildlife -- D. Survey of Environmental Policy Since the 1970s -- E. The National Environment Policy of 2006 -- F. The Forest Rights Act -- 3. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS -- A. Constitutional Provisions and the Environment |
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I. Fundamental Norms -- Public Trust Doctrine -- Eco-centrism -- Sustainable Development -- II. Division of Legislative Authority -- III. The Forty-Second Constitutional Amendment -- IV. The Directive Principles of State Policy -- V. Article 253 and Environmental Legislation -- VI. Federalism: Some Issues -- B. Environmental Protection and Fundamental Rights -- I. The Right to a Wholesome Environment -- II. The Right to Livelihood -- III. The Right to Equality -- IV. Freedom to Trade vis-à-vis Environmental Protection -- 4. LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS -- A. Interpretation of Environmental Statutes |
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B. Digest of Environmental Legislation -- I. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981 -- II. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974 -- III. The Wild Life (Protection) Act of 1972 -- IV. The Public Liability Insurance Act of 1991 -- V. The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act of 1957 -- VI. The Indian Forest Act of 1927 -- VII. The Forest (Conservation) Act of 1980 -- VIII. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act of 2006 -- IX. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act of 2016 |
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X. The Insecticides Act of 1968 -- XI. The Biological Diversity Act of 2002 -- XII. The Atomic Energy Act of 1962 -- XIII. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act of 2010 -- XIV. The Factories Act of 1948 -- C. The Environment (Protection) Act of 1986 -- I. The Scope of the Act -- II. Delegated Legislation -- Pollution Control -- Hazardous Substance Regulation -- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) -- Waste Regulation -- Coast, Wetlands and Protection of Ecologically Sensitive Areas -- Other Delegated Legislation -- III. Sections 3 and 5 of the EPA |
| Summary |
This book scrutinizes almost every aspect of environmental law concerned with constitutional and legislative provisions, judicial remedies, and procedures |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
IV. Violations and Penalties under the Act |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 29, 2022) |
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Environmental law -- India
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Environmental policy -- India
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Environmental law.
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Environmental policy.
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Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
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Law.
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India.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rosencranz, Armin.
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| ISBN |
9780192689108 |
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019268910X |
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9780191955891 |
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0191955892 |
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9780192689092 |
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0192689096 |
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