JUDICIAL APPROACH TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES IN INDIA
By Mohita Yadav & Sonia Maan
(Assistant Professors of Law, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS), Delhi)
| Abstract The preservation and protection of environment was not a significant area of law in the post-independence era of India but after the Bhopal Gas tragedy and due to constant rise in environmental crimes it has now become a precedent. Environmental crime is now turning into an extreme hassle across the word in exceptional forms. The maximum of these are linked with the illegal exploitation of untamed fauna and flora, waste disposal and its trade. Environmental jurisprudence to tackle the serious crimes related to nature is downrightly developed by the judicial activism in India. This article lays an emphasis on the nature and concept of Environmental Crimes in general. It also focusses on how the judiciary and National Green Tribunal (NGT) have controlled the green collar crimes in India and explains its international perspective as well. However, a few reforms also are needed for accomplishing the entire justice in problems related to the environment via NGT. |
| Keywords Environmental Jurisprudence, Judicial Activism, Green Collar Crimes, National Green Tribunal. |
| Type | Research Paper |
| Information | Lex Humanitariae: Journal for a Change, Volume III Issue I, Pages 332-340 |
| DOI Link | https://doi-ds.org/doilink/04.2022-98761357/lexhumanitariae/V3I1/A38 |
| ISSN | 2582-5216 |
| Creative Commons | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. |
| Copyright | © 2022- Lex Humanitariae: Journal for a Change |