Role of Judiciary in Protection of Environment in India

Abstract

Protection and preservation of the environment has become integral to the cultural and religious ethos of most of the human communities. Nature has been venerated by ancient Hindus, Greeks, native Americans and other religions around the world. They worship all forms of nature believing that it has the spirit of God. According to Hinduism Earth is our mother and we are all her children. So the concept of environment protection and preservation is not modern. It can be seen from the period of Vedas. It is the duty of every individual in our society to protect nature and the term nature includes land, water, trees and animals which are of great significance to us.