13 Environment · 13.6 Urban environment

13.6.7 Environmental principles and landmark cases: polluter pays, precautionary principle and sustainable development

Indian environmental law rests on a few principles (sustainable development, precaution, polluter pays, absolute liability and public trust) that the Supreme Court drew from international declarations and read into Article 21, and that the NGT must now apply by statute.

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Key terms

  • sustainable development
  • Brundtland
  • Our Common Future
  • polluter pays
  • precautionary principle
  • absolute liability
  • public trust doctrine
  • intergenerational equity
  • Rio Declaration
  • Principle 15
  • Principle 16
  • Vellore Citizens
  • Oleum gas
  • Subhash Kumar
  • Kamal Nath
  • Bangalore Medical Trust
  • National Environment Policy 2006

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. Mains writingMains writing
  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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