Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Constitutional and Statutory Provisions > Centre-State Relations The constitution of India is not an inert but a living document which evolves and grows with time. When our constitution was drafted it did not contain any specific provisions on the environment and even the word “Environment” […]
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 […]
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 […]