{"id":194724,"date":"2022-07-08T11:56:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T06:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=194724"},"modified":"2022-07-08T11:56:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T06:26:34","slug":"just-fine-on-amending-environmental-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/just-fine-on-amending-environmental-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Fine – On amending environmental laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/strong> This post is created based on the article \u201cJust Fine – On amending environmental laws\u201d<\/strong> published in The Hindu<\/strong> on 8th<\/sup> July 2022.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS Paper 3 \u2013 Indian Environment \u2013 Environment Degradation and Protection<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> Union Environment Ministry has proposed an amendment to the sections of key environmental legislation.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong>: Government\u2019s Proposal to amend the environment laws and associated issues<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the current legal framework, and what is the proposal to change?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India\u2019s present environment regulatory framework ensures that natural resources are not exploited unnecessarily and polluters are punished.<\/p>\n

The present framework punish violators by imprisonment up to five years<\/strong> or with a fine of up to one lakh rupees, or both. There is also a provision for the jail term to extend to up to 7 years in case of repeated violations. It deters or discourages the violators from harming the environment.<\/p>\n

However, the proposed amendments are looking for simple monetary fines<\/strong> instead of imprisonment for simple violations. However, it retains imprisonment as punishment for the grave injury to the environment.<\/p>\n

(Read more in the article link given above) <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Could fines act as a deterrent against pending cases?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

A monetary fine is not a unique proposal given in India. Research on environmental crime in the United States and Europe suggests that fining is the most common mode of punishment.<\/p>\n

Indian courts took between 9-33 years to clear a backlog of cases for environmental violations. In 2018, close to 45,000 cases were pending for trial and in that very year, 35000 more cases were added.<\/p>\n

Fines could theoretically help with faster redress. However, large environmental fines will continue to be contested in courts<\/strong>, adding to the prevailing practice of tardy justice.<\/p>\n

The threat of imprisonment might have acted as a deterrent<\/strong> in India, where the effectiveness of environmental regulation is under par.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post is created based on the article \u201cJust Fine – On amending environmental laws\u201d published in The Hindu on 8th July 2022. Syllabus: GS Paper 3 \u2013 Indian Environment \u2013 Environment Degradation and Protection News: Union Environment Ministry has proposed an amendment to the sections of key environmental legislation. Read: Government\u2019s Proposal to… Continue reading Just Fine – On amending environmental laws<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10498],"class_list":["post-194724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}