Environmental Pollution and Development: Environmental Law, Policy and Role of Judiciary

Prior to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE) convened in Stockholm in 1972, environment protection was considered a constraint to development and today, it has largely given way to better understanding of the linkages between development and environment. The UN Conference on "Environment and Development" (UNCED) held in 1992 at Rio indicate that development policy makers have come to realise that degradation of the environment and depletion of valuable natural resources not only impede economic development but threaten human survival, international environmental laws occupy the centre stage among all efforts towards global environmental protection and conservation. India, being a developing country, has been concerned about environmental issues such as land degradation, water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution and desertification, which together cause deterioration of the environment. In this book, national laws occupy the centrestage among all efforts to control environmental pollution and environment protection. Indian judiciary has also played an effective role to protect environment. This book covers the course of Environmental Law for LLB and LLM classes.