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Constitution Of India and Environmental Governance: Administrative and Adjudicatory Process
Prof. Sairam Bhat and Prof. M. K. Ramesh · National Law School of India University
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Intended audience: Students, Academicians, Research Scholars, NGOs and Civil Society Organisations, Policy Makers, Members of Regulatory Agencies, EHS Officers, Environmental Auditors, Environmental Law Compliance Officers, Entrepreneurs and Implementational Agencies.
Prerequisites: Under GraduationINDUSTRIES SUPPOR T: 1.All industries requiring an environmental compliance to operate.2.All Departments and Ministries of the Government.3.All governmental authorities/regulators such as Pollution Control Boards, in environmental compliances.4.All Public Sector Undertakings5.All Public Universities and bodies owned and controlled and substantially financed by the Government.6.All non-governmental organisations substantially financed by the Government.
Lectures
Week 1
- Introduction to Environmental Governance: Basis, Sources and Foundational Norms: Salient and Standout Features of the Discourse
- Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 01
- Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 02
- Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 03
- Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 04
- Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 05
- Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 06
- Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 07
Week 2
- Common Law Roots and Constitutonal Basis: Common Law and Criminal Law Anchors
- Constitutional Scheme of Environment and Natural Resources Management
- Communitarian Management and Decentralised Governance
- Constitutional Right to Environment
Week 3
- Overarching Law-Environment Protection Act-I
- Overarching Law-Environment Protection Act-II
- Pollution Control: Law, Enforcement and Compliance: The Setting; Scope and Application
- Authorities regulating Pollution Control
- Pollution Control Boards: Its consitution and role
- Powers and Functions of Various Authorities-I
- Powers and Functions of Various Authorities-II
Week 4
- Environment Impact Assessment Law: Why EIA? Evolution of EIA
- EIA Notification, 2006-II
- EIA Notification, 2006-I
Week 5
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Kyoto Protocol: Developments Between 1992-2012
- Paris Agreement and Climate Justice
- India Case Study: National Rendezvous for Climate Justice
Week 6
- Biodiversity: Significance and Concerns
- Development of the International Framework on Biodiversity: Convention on Biodiversity 1992
- Protocols Under the Convention on Biodiversity 1992
- Indian Biodiversity Legal Framework
- Legal Framework on Biosafety
Week 7
- Forest & Wildlife Law: Introduction to Indian Forest Act 1927
- Forest & Wildlife Law: Introduction to Forest Conservation Act, 1980
- Forest Rights and CAMPA: Introduction to Forest Rights Act, 2006
- Forest & Wildlife Law: Introduction to Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
Week 8
- Specific Ecosystems and their Management: I. Regulation of Coastal Areas
- Specific Ecosystems and their Management: II. Ecologically Sensitive Zones
- Specific Ecosystems and their Management: III. Wetlands and Water Bodies
- Water Policy and Law: An Overview
- Water Policy and Law: Indian Legal Framework
Week 9
- Basic Legal Framework and Strategies for Waste Management - I
- Basic Legal Framework and Strategies for Waste Management - II
- Law Concerning Hazardous Wastes and Substances
- Law on Management of Hazardous Waste and Biomedical Wastes in India
- Law Relating to Management of Solid Waste in India
Week 10
- Environmental Justice Dispensation: Role of Higher Judiciary
- Catalytic Role and Complementary Role of the Judiciary
- Positive Aspects of Judicial Activism
- Critical Review of Judicial Activism
- Overview of the law relating to Compensation for Environmental Wrong and History of the Growth of Environmental Tribunals
- History and Growth of Environmental Tribunals
Week 11
- National Green Tribunal - I
- National Green Tribunal - II
- National Green Tribunal - III
- Accessing and Securing Environmental Justice within the Statutory Framework
Week 12
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- Institution
- National Law School of India University
- Department
- Law
- Taught by
- Prof. Sairam Bhat, Prof. M. K. Ramesh
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Law
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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