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This book is aimed at enabling the reader to identify and appreciate the evolution of environmental jurisprudence in India. It highlights and compares the dominant environmental adjudicatory trends from the public interest litigation phase in the 1980s to the present-day adjudication of the National Green Tribunal. In doing so, the book compares the legal reasoning employed by different adjudicatory bodies, nationally and internationally, and seeks to contextualise and situate the present legal trends in the NGT's adjudication within the overall framework of Indian environmental jurisprudence. The book employs the case-book method, whereby the reader is exposed to the relevant portions of several landmark environmental judgments followed by notes and questions. This direct interface with case law and legal reasoning is likely to assist the reader in formulating their own legal opinion and critically analysing the case. Finally, it explores the socio-enviro impact of environmental policy and adjudication.
List of contents
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction to the National Green Tribunal: The Need for a 'Green Court'; 2. The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010: Analysis and Interpretation; 3. Interpretation and Application of Environmental Principles; 4. Evaluating the National Green Tribunal after a Decade: Challenges to Overcome; Interview with Justice Swatanter Kumar; Interview with Vimal Bhai; Index.
About the author
Raghuveer Nath is an Academic Consultant at the Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability.Armin Rosencranz teaches at the Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability. He is also a lawyer and political scientist. He is the co-author of the book Environmental Law and Policy in India (Oxford University Press, 2002).
