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Courts, tribunals and environmental jurisprudence

The environmental judgments of the courts and 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.

Foundation note: The National Green Tribunal and the pollution boards

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