The word ‘Environment’ has never been too difficult to define- neither for jurists, nor for environmentalists. It can simply be defined as all living and nonliving components, and the effects they have on human beings or their surroundings. While all living components present in the environment include animals, birds, plants, fisheries etc., nonliving components include […]
“Forming pollution is easy, but resolving the impact of it is difficult.” Pollution means causing harm to our environment by pollutants such as non- decomposable objects, hazardous chemicals, gases, etc. Whenever a debate arises about pollution, people generally discuss water and air pollution and ignore noise pollution but in this modern era due to urbanization
“They want us to give up on another chunk of our tribal land, and this is not the first time for the last time” – Sitting Bull. Schedule tribe is a group of historically disadvantaged people of India but the constitution of India considers schedule tribe as that group of people who are acquainted as
Introduction “One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken”[1] -Leo Tolstoy The environment is the need because of which we all are alive and living happily, peacefully. We have to save the environment from the pollutants, dirt which is destroying our ecology. Development is
The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[1], was legislated to ensure the protection of plants, birds, and animal species. The Act provides for 6 schedules that provide the list of species that are protected and any intentional harm to those species results in heavy penalties and imprisonment. The Act was created to ensure the protection of rapidly
The Real Estate sector in India gained a boom when the government in March 2005 allowed the foreign investors to invest 100% directly into real estate. Since India is a developing nation, real estate plays a major role in shaping the future of India. But with development in real estate, there is also an increase
As there is an evident and substantial deterioration in the quality of the environment, concern regarding it has grown over the years. The rise in pollution levels, hazardous chemicals released in the atmosphere, biodiversity loss, lack of plantation poses a threat to the already depleting environment. Owing to the growing environmental concerns, various legislations were
In recent years, the world has collectively seen heaps of advancements taking place. A greater focus had been placed on globalization and industrialization, which were occurring at an inordinate rate; but massive changes were not only being felt in this front, they were also being felt in the environment. The rapid advancements meant clearing out
“Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points towards the future. – Frans Lanting INTRODUCTION It should come as no surprise that our country, India, comes along with its extraordinarily diverse biological resources. Given that India has been a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity held at Rio de Janeiro in
