Category: Environment

  • Are Indian Courts Eco-centric?

    By Ritu Rathi, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University. “Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then you will find that money cannot be eaten.” Anthropocentrism is a human-focused approach where non-humans have just instrumental…

  • Animals Win ‘Fundamental Right’ Not To Be Captive

    By Surbhi Agrawal, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. “All beings fear before danger, life is dear to all. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.” Part III of the Constitution of India, 1950 deals with Fundamental Rights which is referred to as the Magna Carta of India. The Magna…

  • Plastic Waste Management Rules: An Analysis

    By Ravi Boolchandani, Amity Law School, Delhi. The word plastic is derived from the Greek word (plastikos) meaning “capable of being shaped or molded”. Plastic is a material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organics. Due to their relatively low cost, ease of manufacture, versatility and imperviousness to water, plastics are used in an enormous and expanding range of products,…

  • Polluter Pays Principle: An Analysis

    By Deepti Purwar, Law College Dehradun.  Saving the environment is the need of the hour. Environment refers to the sum total of what is around us i.e. Plants, animals, humans. We cannot live without other fellow beings and our surroundings but the celerity with which we are destroying the environment will only lead to the destruction…

  • Water Supply and Pricing in India: An Analysis

    By Suhasini Srinivasan, Army Institute Of Law, Mohali. Water Supply and price problems: Depleting groundwater table and deteriorating groundwater quality are threatening the sustainability of both urban and rural water supply in many parts of India. The supply of cities that depend on surface water is threatened by pollution, increasing water scarcity and conflicts among users. For…

  • Water Pollution: An Overview

    By Amrita Dasgupta, South Calcutta Law College. In today’s world of practicality, pollution free water is a global crisis. As the world started developing with escalation of industries, agriculture, and trade and commerce, the water throughout the world turned poisonous with the dumping of garbage, industrial chemicals, oil pollutions, etc. Not only the living organisms in water…

  • Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE): Understanding the Basics

    By Navishta Qureshi, NLIU, Bhopal. In the present situation facing the globe, one of the most important considerations for economy of any country is the development of its energy sector. Not only from the perspective of economic production of goods, but also from the standpoint of the effect that it causes on environment, it is necessary…

  • National Adaptation Fund: An Analysis

    By Sagarika Chandel, KIIT School Of Law, Bhubaneswar. The Adaptation Fund is a financial instrument under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol that has been established with an objective to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries that are party to the Kyoto Protocol. This is an…

  • WTO’s response to the Trade-Environment Nexus

    By Aakanksha Mishra, Gujarat National Law University,  Gandhinagar. The World Trade Organization was fashioned by the international order to promote free trade: to remove barriers between countries, to allow them to concentrate on products with a comparative advantage, leading to maximum international productivity. This, however, often challenges rules protecting the environment.  Even though the WTO has shown…

  • Legal Battle of Greenpeace

    By Trishala Sanyal, AKK New Law Academy. Miss Priya Pillia is a Greenpeace activist holding a valid six months business visa to visit London. She was invited by the British Parliamentarians to address them on January 14, 2014 to talk about the ongoing campaign of Mahan, Madhya Pradesh where the proposed coal mining project by Essars a…