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Northern Plains — Key Cases & Reports
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Key Cases & Reports
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Ganga Pollution Case)
1987 (and subsequent rulings)This landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of India, though not directly about the physiography of the Northern Plains, profoundly impacted the environmental management and…
T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India (Forest Conservation Case)
1996 (and ongoing directives)While a broad forest conservation case, its directives have significant implications for the Terai belt of the Northern Plains. The Terai, historically a forested and marshy…