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Role of judiciary in environmental protection wiki

Answer 1

Our Indian Constitution guarantees Right to life and liberty under Article 21, which says that “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law.” Here, putting emphasis on “Life” part of the Article, will see that how it has broad contours to substantiate this right. Life is not construed in Article 21 of the Constitution merely the physical act of breathing. It does not connote mere animal existence. It has a much wider meaning which includes right to live with human dignity, right to livelihood, right to health, right to pollution free air, etc. Right to life is fundamental to our very existence without which we cannot live as human being and includes all those aspects of life, which go to make a man’s life meaningful, complete, and worth living. It is the only article in the Constitution that has received the widest possible interpretation. Hence, our life sustains itself through the outside factors also along with biological mass.