Abstract

India as a developing country faces a constant dilemma amidst the increasing awareness towards environmental concerns between ensuring environmental sustainability while ensuring growth and attempts to strike a balance between environment and development. The judiciary plays a vital role in this process by adjudicating disputes regarding the same and thus through the years have passed various judgements which has led to the inception of various principles. One of the landmark judgments pertaining to this is the judgment of Indian council for enviro-legal action V/s Union of India which showcases the challenges India attempts to address constantly. Therefore this study seeks to provide possible solutions to the Environment V/s Development conundrum in India in light of the case of Indian council for enviro-legal action V/s Union of India.

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