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Why the courts and the MoEF are on a collision course
13th Sept., 2017
Legal
reform was one of the most prominent commitments made by the current
government in 2014. Besides laws on energy and finance, a specific area
targeted for change is the dense legal framework of Acts, regulations,
notifications and guidelines that govern environmental approvals to
projects. The government started environment law reform as early as
August 2014 by setting a High Level Committee to recommend changes to
six main environmental laws that regulate development.
While evidence-based reform that draws on the experience and outcomes
of decades-old environmental regulation is welcome, this government has
given enough proof of turning this process into a narrow opportunistic
exercise. It seeks to gain political benefits by stretching law to
accommodate the government’s growth plan. It is no surprise, therefore,
that the courts are having to reinstate legal standards by holding off
these changes proposed by the government.
A recent example of the legal backlash faced by the Environment &
Forests (MoEF) is in the case of a controversial notification it put
out this year.
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