Divyanshu Yadav, LL.M., Amity Law School, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
Aradhana Yadav, Assistant Professor, Amity Law School Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
ABSTRACT
“Clean environments—clean air, clean water, clean soil, and clean food— must be our greatest necessity.”
- DAVID SUZUKI
The quality of the environment affects the quality of life. Therefore, the right of the people to live in a clean and healthy environment is a fundamental human right. It is also important to live with the least possible disruption to the ecology's balance and without unnecessary risk to themselves, their cattle, or their homes, agricultural land, or the environment.
The right to live in a pollution-free environment has been recognized as a basic right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution as a result of judicial activism and intervention. The legislature subsequently passed a number of legislation to safeguard the environment and provide citizens with clean environments. NGOs' contributions to environmental conservation and demonstrating the superiority of a clean environment need special recognition. Nonetheless, despite all of the efforts made by the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and others, many people still lack access to clean air and pure drinking water because of environmental degradation.
This paper outlines the various aspects of significant judicial reforms that made the right to a clean environment a basic right.
Keywords: Ecology, Environment, Health, Clean, Life, Justice, Legislation, Balanced, Humanity, Quality.
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