Importance of the article 48a of the indian constitution
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Art.48A reads as follows:
Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wildlife.― The State shall endeavor to protect and improve and to safegaurd the forests and wild life of the country.
Added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976 the Article was added inthe Constitution to ratify the Stockholm Conference, 1972.
It is a Directive Principle of State Policy, thus creating an obligation on State to protect and safeguard our environment. This Article along with Art.21 and Art51A(g) is the foundation stone of environmental jurisprudence in India.
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