Environmental Jurisprudence II

Posted on by Rudrajyoti Nath Ray

United Nations Conference on Human Environment at Stockholm in 1972, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development known as Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and Glasgow Climate Change Conference in 2021 have all voiced grave concerns about global environmental degradation resulting in extinction of certain flora and fauna and its cascading effect on Planet Earth owing to man’s growing need for development particularly economic development.

– Hon’ble Justice B.V. Nagarathna, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India, [Writ Petition (Civil) No.202 of 1995].

'The Last Word' seeks to include not only wise and witty sayings but also curiosities. These words are not of obligation but of delight. I am not alone in my refusal to believe, law is tedious. For all who escaped these percipient eyes, mea culpa maxima. History, after all, has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues.