Environmental Protection Law and Policy in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Causes, sources and effects of environmental pollution. 3. Environmental protection: the policy. 4. Environmental protection: the law. 5. Environmental protection: the judicial approach. 6. Environmental protection law and its implementation. 7. Suggestions and future trends. Select Bibliography. Index.

"In the present century environmental degradation has emerged as a major global concern for human survival. The situation is getting alarming day-by-day. It is for this reason environmental issues are intensely debated increasingly often. The law relating to the environment is rapidly growing as a complex regulatory mechanism which increasingly reflects public concern over vital issues such as clean water and air, conservation of forests and wildlife, increasing noise and depletion of other natural resources. Recent spate of legislations and policy formulations on environmental issues in India reveal sincere efforts of the Government to combat this stupendous problem. The environmental situation after coming into effect of the law and policy is not satisfactorily improving. It is against this background, this book sets-out to provide a broad examination of environmental law and policy in India.

The present book which is first of its kind highlights: the sources and effects of environmental pollution as well as the legal mechanism for its control. The author's study of the environmental policy of the country deserves a special mention. The judicial approach to the environmental law and emergence of public interest litigation finds an elaborated treatment in the study. The author's suggestions for setting environmental courts and other strategies for environment management including access to information are a hallmark of the present study." (jacket)

[Kailash Thakur's books include Outer Space and Military Supremacy : Jurisdiction in International Law.]