Evolution of Principles for Environmental Protection - Indian Context
Keywords:
Polluter Pays Principle, Precautionary Principle, Absolute Liability, Inter-Generational Principle, Public Trust Doctrine, Sustainable Development, Community Rights.Abstract
This paper/ article focuses on the evolution of the principles for environmental protection in the Indian Context by the Indian Judiciary. It highlights how the judiciary by way of judicial activism excogitated the course of action in terms of remedying the causes of environmental pollution and restoring the natural habitat for the living beings. To take preventive steps (precaution) w.r.t. any environmental damage and in case damage is caused it is for the polluter to rectify and restore the environment and
at the same time ensuring sustainable development by protecting the needs of the present and future generations by evolving the concepts of Inter-Generational Equity and Public Trust Doctrine along Polluter Pays Principle, Precautionary Principle, Absolute Liability, Inter-Generational
Principle, Public Trust Doctrine, Sustainable Development, Community Rights.with Community Rights of the people to name a few.
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