Environmental Law: An Exhaustive Three-Volume Commentary

This comprehensive three-volume set stands as the most authoritative and extensive work on Environmental and Pollution Laws in India. Meticulously structured and in-depth, it serves as an essential reference for legal practitioners, judges, environmental professionals, academicians, and policymakers engaged in the interpretation and enforcement of environmental legislation.

Key Features:

• Complete Coverage of Environmental Law:
  Covers a wide array of topics including Air, Water, Noise, Nuclear, Marine, and Light Pollution, as well as emerging concerns such as Genetically Modified Organisms, and the functioning of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

• Structured Across 27 Chapters:
  Discusses critical issues such as:

  • De-reservation and diversion of forest land

  • Compensatory afforestation

  • Sustainable development and legal doctrines (including the Doctrine of Margin of Appreciation)

  • Non-forest activities and regulation of wood-based industries

  • Environmental compensation charges

  • Spent fuel management and hazardous substances

• Judicial Insight:
  Incorporates landmark judgments from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and the National Green Tribunal. Select comparative rulings from international jurisdictions such as the UK and European Union enhance the global context.

• International Legal Frameworks:
  Includes analysis of major international environmental conventions:

  • MARPOL Convention (1973) – Prevention of Pollution from Ships

  • Nairobi International Convention (2007) – Wreck Removal

  • BASEL Convention – Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste

  • Convention on Biological Diversity

  • Bunker Oil Pollution Damage Convention (2001)

This encyclopedic work offers not only a legal commentary but also valuable context for understanding the intersection of law, environment, and sustainable governance.