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    India has many environmental laws but enforcement has been unsatisfactory. Prior regulation was needed after tort law failed to protect the environment. There are laws governing water, air, forests, and the environment but a comprehensive law is still needed. The courts have made contributions through cases related to pollution, public health, and parks. Sustainable development principles of polluter pays and precaution are established but enforcement of laws must be improved through decentralization, separate environmental courts, and ensuring public liability insurance covers all victims.

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    India has many environmental laws but enforcement has been unsatisfactory. Prior regulation was needed after tort law failed to protect the environment. There are laws governing water, air, forests, and the environment but a comprehensive law is still needed. The courts have made contributions through cases related to pollution, public health, and parks. Sustainable development principles of polluter pays and precaution are established but enforcement of laws must be improved through decentralization, separate environmental courts, and ensuring public liability insurance covers all victims.

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    India has many environmental laws but enforcement has been unsatisfactory. Prior regulation was needed after tort law failed to protect the environment. There are laws governing water, air, forests, and the environment but a comprehensive law is still needed. The courts have made contributions through cases related to pollution, public health, and parks. Sustainable development principles of polluter pays and precaution are established but enforcement of laws must be improved through decentralization, separate environmental courts, and ensuring public liability insurance covers all victims.

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    Environmental laws in India

    :
    Challenges for Enforcement
    -VK Agarwal
    Abstract
    O There is no dearth of legislations on
    environmental protection in India but
    their enforcement has been far from
    satisfactory.
    O Caring for regulating and protecting
    the environment is essentially a
    desire to see that national
    development should proceed along
    the rational sustainable laws.
    Introduction
    O Prior to the existence of environmental laws,
    the environment was severely degraded.
    O The need for regulation was seen necessary
    after the tort law failed to protect the
    environment.
    O Today ,the Conservation,Protection and
    Improvement of human environment are
    major issues all over the world.
    O The Abstract describes about the outline of
    Indian laws and issues related to
    enforcement.
    -
    O Stock Holm declaration of 1972 .
    O Article 48-A and 51 A(g) of our constitution is
    an attempt.
    O Many public interest litigations have been
    instituted in the supreme court against many
    industries failing to control pollution.
    O Water Act-1974,Cess Act-1977, forest act
    1980,Air Act-1981,Environment protection
    act-1986,
    O Public liability insurance act(1991),The
    national environment Tribunal Act 1995
    Judicial contribution

    O Taj Mahal case


    O Dehradun Valley case
    O Smoking in public places
    O Pollution in Delhi
    O Sri Ram Food and Fertilizer Case
    O Public health
    O Public park
    Sustainable
    development
    O The Precautionary principle and the
    polluter pays principle are
    established for sustainable
    development
    O Polluter is liable to pay the cost to
    the individual sufferres as well as the
    cost of reversing the damaged
    ecology .
    Environment courts
    O The Environment Court of New Zealand is a
    specialist court for plans, resource consents
    and environmental issues. It mainly deals with
    issues arising under the Resource Management
    Act, meaning that it covers a wide range of
    potential future effects of planning
    applications, which can include such areas as
    traffic congestion, noise/pollution emissions
    and social and commercial consequences,
    rather than just the 'ecological' aspects that
    could be implied by the 'environmental term
    Conclusion

    O We Have more than 200 central and state


    legislations-dealing with environmental
    issues. A comprehensive law is needed for
    strict enforcement.
    O Enforcement of environmental laws should
    be ensured by a vigilant panel consisting of
    Naturalist , biologist and ecologist.
    O Decentralisation of the powers should be
    made to ensure strict implementation and
    proper punishment to criminals and
    compensation who Damage environment.
    O Initiative to set up separate
    machinery for speedy of
    environmental problems
    O Public Liability Insurance Act should
    cover the entire victims.

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