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The Role of the Judiciary in the Enforcement of Environmental Law in India

India has during the last years has become one of the fastest growing economies of the world . The middle class is increasing, and it is now projected to consist of three hundred million. The economic growth is mainly explained by a liberalisation of the Indian market that due to extended foreign investments. India has distinguished itself within the global market of information and service sectors, but there has also been an immense growth within mass production. Environmental pollution generally has the largest effect on poor people and those who depend upon natural resources, such as farmers. The Indian middle class has grown during the last decade, but 40 % of the Indian population still lives even below the global poverty line. It is this group who will be distressed most fiercely by environmental degradation. Judiciary in India, the Supreme Court and the High Court’s played an important role in preserving the doctrine of ' Sustainable Development '. Parliament enacte...