During the past four decades, remarkable progress has been made in the field of environmental law. In view of the growing and broad scope of this subject, knowledge of environmental law is equally necessary not only for law students, legal practitioners, and various authorities, but also for environmental experts, environmentalists, pollution control institutions, officials, social organizations, and entrepreneurs. The writing of this book is a humble attempt in the direction of fulfilling this need so that readers may benefit from it.

In this book, all aspects related to environmental law have been discussed in detail, and various special laws connected with it have been described along with the latest amendments available under them. For the sake of completeness, the original texts of these special enactments have been included as appendices. An effort has also been made to present the book in an updated form by incorporating latest significant cases.