Constitutional Recognition of Right to Healthy Environment: The way forward
Healthy environment is vital to human life as it allows a person to grow physically, mentally and intellectually healthy. Hence, it is vital that a healthy environment attained constitutional recognition as part of the fundamental right. Therefore, it is essential for a state to adopt an active and...
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| 520 | 3 | |a Healthy environment is vital to human life as it allows a person to grow physically, mentally and intellectually healthy. Hence, it is vital that a healthy environment attained constitutional recognition as part of the fundamental right. Therefore, it is essential for a state to adopt an active and dynamic jurisprudence and constitutional framework into its legal system. The success and progressive move of the Indian jurisdiction are an example. The strong constitutional framework available in the Indian jurisdiction allows their apex court to develop creatively jurisprudence on a healthy environment as part of constitutional rights. Consequently, the Indian jurisdiction is the source of reference towards such move. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. | |
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