Certified Environment Law Analyst

Introduction

• Environmental Crisis
• Environmental Imperatives
• Constitutional Response to International Urge

Industrial Pollution

• Magnitude of the Problem
• Hazardous Industries and Environmental Pollution
• Industrial Pollution and Health Hazards

Legal Control of Hazardous Substances and Process

• Proliferation of Chemicals
• Law Relating to Hazardous Substances
• Legal Control of Hazardous Processes
• Rules on Hazardous Substances

Law Relating to Water Pollution

• Water Pollution
• Civil Law Actions
• Legislative Measures
• The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,

Industrial Air Pollution and Law

• Industrialization and Air Pollution
• Civil Law Actions
• Statutory Provisions

Enforcement Machinery

• Administrative Efforts to Combat the Hazards of Pollution
• Central Pollution Control Board
• State Pollution Control Boards
• Supreme Court Decisions and the Directions
• Pollution Control in Highly Polluting Industries
• Coordination Activities of Pollution Control Boards
• Penal Provisions and Effectiveness of Enforcement Machinery
• Financial Constraints and Assistance
• The National Environment Tribunal

Environmental Issues and Judicial Trend

• Environmental Pollution and Courts’ Concern
• Public Nuisance Environmental Hazards
• Right to Wholesome Environment and Ecological Balance
• Right to Carry on Trade vis-a-vis Duty to Protect Environment
• Right to Information about Hazardous Installations
• Public Access to Environmental Justice
• Doctrine of Mass Justice and Emergence of Public Interest Litigation
• Public Interest Litigation and Access to Environmental Justice
• Role of Indian Judiciary
• Environmental Concerns of the Indian High Courts
• Basis for Entertaining the Environmental Petitions
• Liberalized Standing Rules vis-a-vis Restraints on Public Interest Petitions
• Conclusion

Corporate Environmental Liability

• Tortuous Liability for Pollution Accidents
• Pollution Accidents and Victim
• Rules of Strict and Victims
• Rules of Strict and Absolute Liability
• Responsibility of Executives
• Quantification of Compensation
• Bhopal Settlement
• Bhopal Act

Statutory Relief for Pollution Victims

• Public Liability Insurance Act
• Liability of the Owner
• Settlement of Claims
• Environment Relief Fund
• Limitation and Scale of Relief
• Regulatory and Penal Provisions
• Advisory Committee