Manuscript Number : IJSRST1841112

Constitutional Provisions for The Protection and Conservation of Environment with Important Caselaws

Authors(1) :-Annapurna Pattnaik

In India, the concern for environmental protection has not only been raised to the status of fundamental law of the land, but it is also wedded with human rights approach and it is now well established that, it is the basic human right of every individual to live in pollution free environment with full human dignity. In view of the various constitutional provisions and other statutory provisions contained in various laws relating to environment protection. The then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, in the first International Conference on Human Environment at Stockholm in 1972, voiced deep concern about the degradation of the environment and eco-imbalances. She also emphasized that pollution, population and poverty are inter-related problems and there must be an integrated approach to deal with them. India was also one of the signatories of the Stockholm Declaration which is known as Magna Carta on human environment. Based upon the Stockholm conference, the Indian parliament passed the forty second amendment to the constitution in the year 1976 and incorporated specially two Articles relating to protection and improvement of environment where in the Constitution of India obligates the “State” as well as “Citizens” to “Protect and Improve” the environment. so, the key discussions are to control population explosion, use green technology, afforestation, to prevent food pollution etc.

Authors and Affiliations

Annapurna Pattnaik
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Environment Pollution, Green Technology, Afforestation, Poverty, Human Right

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 2 | January-February 2018
Date of Publication : 2018-02-28
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 523-528
Manuscript Number : IJSRST1841112
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

Cite This Article :

Annapurna Pattnaik, " Constitutional Provisions for The Protection and Conservation of Environment with Important Caselaws", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.523-528, January-February-2018.
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST1841112
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