ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VIS A VIS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: A STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, 2020

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DEEPTI KHUBALKAR
HIMANSHI BHATIA
SHREYANSH DESAI
YASH JAISINGH

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This paper examines environmental impact assessments (EIAs) in India and its possible effects on environmental justice. As we have argued, there were significant disconnects between the issues addressed in the EIA report and the lack of possibilities for public input, which served as important litigation triggers. Since it was made public and asked for feedback, the Draft EIA Notification has been criticised from both sides. The guiding philosophy of "growing now, sustaining later" should not be used since it is hazardously at odds by the concept of sustain development. By ensuring that EIAs represent local knowledge, values, and ambitions, these flaws could be fixed, improving the EIA framework, procedural components of environmental justice in India, and the chances for distributive, recognitional, and restorative justice. A global movement called access to justice in environmental law works to help people in rural areas seek compensation for environmental harms. Additionally, this study reviews India's environmental justice and equality laws. We have also demonstrated several doctrines and ideas that were drawn from Indian court cases.

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