Paper I · 7 Sustainable Development & Environment · 7.3.4 Environment laws and institutions

7.3.4.1 Constitution and the courts: Articles 48A, 51A(g), 21 and landmark judgments

The Constitution makes environment protection a duty of the State (Article 48A) and of every citizen (Article 51A(g)), and the Supreme Court has read a right to a clean environment into the right to life (Article 21).

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Key terms

  • Article 48A
  • Article 51A(g)
  • 42nd Amendment
  • right to clean environment
  • absolute liability
  • polluter pays
  • precautionary principle
  • public trust doctrine
  • PIL

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