INTRODUCTION
The Environment Protection Act,1986 is the outcome of India participating in the United Nations Conference (for protecting and improving Human Environment) held in June,1972 in Stockholm. This legislation was a way to implement India’s promises for protecting the environment. The process received a major push when the Bhopal Gas Tragedy happened in 1984, leading to thousands of deaths overnight in a gas leak that happened in Bhopal.
The lack of legislation pertaining to such accidents
was the reason the Managing partners as well as the company went without any
punishment.
The Act aims at “Making a clean environment with
ecological balance and preserving flora and fauna around us”. The Act was
enacted by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Law & Justice in May, 1986.
The Act comprises of Four Chapters (numbered I to IV)
with 26 Sections (numbered 1 to 26).
