General Contents of Volume 1 & 2

Title Page ............................................................................. iii
Foreword to the Second Edition........................................... vii
Preface to the Second Edition .............................................. ix
Foreword to the First Edition .............................................. x
Preface to the First Edition .................................................. xi
Arrangement of Subject........................................................ xix-xci
Consolidated Table of Cases (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) ................ xciii-cxcix
Consolidated Subject Index (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) ................... [1]-[198]
VOLUME 1
CHAPTER PAGE
1. INTRODUCTORY .......................................................................... 1
2. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES.................................................. 23
3. MAXIMS, DOCTRINES AND WORDS & PHARSES ........................ 118
4. STATUTORY DEFINITIONS........................................................... 254
5. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ................................................... 280
6. UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT........... 486
7. DOCTRINE OF PUBLIC TRUST...................................................... 522
8. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PRECAUTIONARY AND
POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLES ...................................................... 556
9. ENVIRONMENT............................................................................ 626
10. AIR POLLUTION........................................................................... 732
11. WATER, WATER POLLUTION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER
CHARGES AND CESS ON WATER.................................................
804
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12. WATER DISPUTES........................................................................ 987
13. SANITATION, SEWERAGE WASTE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT... 1010
14. HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES............................................................ 1149
15. FOREST AND GREEN COVER ....................................................... 1261
VOLUME 2
16. NOISE POLLUTION....................................................................... 1401
17. RADIATION THREAT.................................................................... 1488
18. MINING ACTIVITY AND ENVIRONMENT...................................... 1509
19. ANCIENT MONUMENTS, WILD LIFE AND NATIONAL PARKS...... 1583
20. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDS .................................................. 1646
21. PRACTICE, PROCEDURES, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES ............... 1683
22. TOWN PLANNING ........................................................................ 1833
APPENDICES
PART I
WATER
APPENDIX PAGE
1. THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION)
ACT, 1974 ................................................................................... 2035
2. THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION)
RULES, 1975................................................................................ 2076
3. CENTRAL BOARD FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF
WATER POLLUTION (PROCEDURE FOR TRANSACTION OF
BUSINESS) RULES, 1975 ............................................................. 2102
4. THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION)
CESS ACT, 1977 .......................................................................... 2104
5. THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION)
CESS RULES, 1978....................................................................... 2111
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PART II
AIR
6. THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT,
1981 ............................................................................................ 2118
7. THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION)
RULES, 1982................................................................................ 2142
8. THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION)
(UNION TERRITORIES) RULES, 1983........................................... 2153
PART III
ENVIRONMENT
9. THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986 .......................... 2168
10. THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) RULES, 1986 ...................... 2223
11. THE MANUFACTURE, USE, IMPORT, EXPORT AND STORAGE
OF HAZARDOUS MICRO-ORGANISM GENETICALLY
ENGINEERED ORGANISM OR CELLS RULES, 1989 ...................... 2441
12. THE HAZARDOUS WASTE (MANAGEMENT, HANDLING AND
TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT) RULES, 2008 ........................... 2457
13. THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE AND IMPORT OF HAZARDOUS
CHEMICALS RULES, 1989 ........................................................... 2502
14. SCHEME OF LABELLING OF ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
PRODUCTS (ECO-MARK) .......................................................... 2537
15. THE BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS (CERTIFICATION)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1997.......................................... 2543
16. RESTRICTING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN SPECIAL SPECIFIED
AREA OF ARAVALLI RANGE........................................................ 2552
17. THE CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS (EMERGENCY PLANNING,
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE) RULES, 1996........................... 2555
18. THE BIO-MEDICAL WASTE (MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING)
RULES, 1998................................................................................ 2580
19. THE PLASTICS MANUFACTURE, SALE AND USAGE RULES,
1999 ............................................................................................ 2592
20. THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MANAGEMENT AND
HANDLING) RULES, 2000............................................................ 2597
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21. THE NOISE POLLUTION (REGULATION AND CONTROL)
RULES, 2000................................................................................ 2613
22. THE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (REGULATION AND
CONTROL) RULES, 2000 ............................................................. 2617
23. THE BATTERIES (MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING) RULES, 2001.. 2659
PART IV
PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE
24. THE PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ACT, 1991.......................... 2670
25. THE PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE RULES, 1991...................... 2678
PART V
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
26. THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT TRIBUNAL ACT, 1995 .............. 2690
27. THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT APPELLATE AUTHORITY
ACT, 1997 ................................................................................... 2700
28. THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT APPELLATE AUTHORITY
(APPEAL) RULES, 1997 ............................................................... 2706
PART VI
NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL
29. THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL ACT, 2010 ........................... 2711
PART VII
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY, 2006
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY, 2006................................... 2729