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Medical Jurisprudence

Right to Health in the Constitution

Law > Medical Jurisprudence > Law and Medicine > Right to Health in the Constitution Health is a vital indicator of human development and human development is the basic ingredient of economic and social development. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the […]

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Environmental Laws

Polluter Pays Principle

Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Sustainable Development > Polluter Pays Principle Polluter Pays Principle is also known as the principle of extended producer responsibility.  With the advent of the modern industrial revolution, the scheme of production in factories added the idea of externalizing the waste. It caused pressure on the […]

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Environmental Laws

Precautionary Principle

Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Sustainable Development > Precautionary Principle Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration, 1992 declares “Where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation.” The Precautionary Principle […]

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Environmental Laws

Powers of State Pollution Control Board

Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 > Powers of State Pollution Control Board In this article, we shall study the powers of State Pollution Control Board. Power to Obtain Information (Section 20): For the purposes of enabling the State Pollution Control Board […]