Saturday, May 18, 2013

Indian Environmental Law- A Landscape

Indian Environmental Law is comprised of Legislative (Acts), Rules issued by Administrators, Regulators, Court & Tribunal Decisions. An outline chart of Legislative Acts, and Rules issued by the MOEF (Ministry of Environment & Forests) is given below.  
Readers must note that there are countless “Notifications” issued by Central, State and Union territory governments which constitute the primary working level details and guidelines for conducting business that has anything to do with the environment in India. Since it is impossible to list them all, I suggest the viewers to visit www.envfor.nic.in for more information.
The listing must be read as follows:
A- Amended followed by Year of Amendment
R-Repealed followed by Year of Repealing
In the present context of Indian Environmental Law
P&CP = Prevention & Control of Pollution (e.g. Air (P&CP) Act = Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)
P = Protection (e.g. Environment (P) Act = Environment (Protection) Act)




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