Judicial activism vis-a-vis environmental law
- IIPA Digest: Building capacity for governance
- 4(3), July - September, 2022: p. 14-16
“In Environmental lawsuits, the term “judicial activism” signifies the anxiety of judges to find out suitable remedies for environmental problems. At the international level, the right to life is now acknowledged as a fundamental right to include an adequate environment for the health as well of individual beings. In the situation of such developments in the worldwide scenarios, the judicial decisions given by Indian judiciary are particularly crucial to examine.” Hon’ble Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer in the case of Ratlam Municipality vs. Vardhichandi , stated that “the human rights calling for the unpolluted environment must be implemented irrespective of financial constraints. Reproduced