LEGISLATION REVIEW – THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986
AUTHOR – RACHANA SINGH, STUDENT AT S.S KHANNA GIRLS DEGREE COLLEGE, PRAYAGRAJ
Best Citation – RACHANA SINGH, LEGISLATION REVIEW – THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986, JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ETHICS (JRE), 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 1-6, APIS – 3920 – 0019 | ISBN – 978-81-961097-1-4.
Abstract
From the ancient times, the environment was considered to be an important issue even religious textbooks are the source of it. According to Atharvaveda, “Man’s paradise is on earth; this living world is the beloved place of all; it has the blessings of nature’s bounties; live in a lovely spirit.” Thus, Earth is our paradise, and it is our responsibility to safeguard it. Irrespective of any religion, the environment is considered to be very sacred and of utmost importance and its protection is considered a duty but with the advent of modernization and industrialization, as the world starts to grow up there was a substantive decline in the quality of the environment which results into its degradation. Keeping in view all these situations, a need was felt to curb it and protect it from further deprivation. One of the most contentious and divisive topics that is still being discussed in our day is the environment and how to protect it. For the sake of the next generation, every nation today strives to safeguard and maintain it. It had been covered by legislation in almost every country. In India, it is being dealt by The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
Keywords – Environment Protection Act, 1986, Pollution, Article 21, Right to Healthy Environment, 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.