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Courts, tribunals and environmental jurisprudence

Environmental law made by judges: Supreme Court and High Court judgments, the National Green Tribunal, principles such as polluter pays and precaution, and climate litigation. Prelims has asked how the National Green Tribunal differs from the Central Pollution Control Board.

UPSC has asked

Prelims 2018: how the National Green Tribunal differs from the Central Pollution Control Board

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Climate litigation

Prelims and Mains

Climate litigation is the use of courts to hold governments and companies to climate obligations; in India the Supreme Court read a right against the adverse effects of climate change into Articles 14 and 21 in March 2024.

What changed

3 Jul 2026New subjectalso in news
- A Paris court held that the duty of vigilance under France's 2017 due diligence law covers climate risk and reaches Scope 3 emissions, which include the burning of the fuel a company sells. In India the Supreme Court read a right against the adverse effects of climate change into Articles 14 and 21 in March 2024.
Frontline, 3 Jul 2026: A Paris court held that a company's statutory duty of vigilance extends to the emissions from the use of the products it sells, and placed a corporate emissions plan under judicial supervision. (opens in a new tab)

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Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 · on Solid and plastic waste
Waste rules are read as instructions to a municipality, and that is the half a student remembers.