Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Environmental Law · July/August 2012
July/August 2012 · Environmental Law · Semester 1
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) I Year I Semester Examination, July / August 2012
Subject: LAW
PAPER - V: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Code: 1005/BL | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any five of the following.
1. Ecosystems.
2. Environmental Degradation.
3. Strict Liability.
4. Punishment for fouling of water.
5. Wild life.
6. Right to Development.
7. Article 51 A(g) of Constitution of India.
8. Kyoto Protocol.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
9. Explain the causes and effects of Global Warming.
10. What are the common law remedies available against pollution?
11. Explain the powers and functions of State Pollution Control Boards.
12. Explain the Legislative powers of the Central Government to protect environment.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
13. A State Government had granted hundreds of licences for mining marble within the limits of
protected forest area, without prior permission of Central Government. An N. G. O. intends to
initiate legal action against the State Government. Advise.
14. A group of auctioneers carried on the trade of auctioning vegetables in a private premises.
Those persons who brought vegetables for sale kept their carts on the public road in a manner so as
to cause obstruction to road traffic the noise caused by auctioning the vegetables caused
discomfort to the people in the locality. What action can be taken against the auctioneers?
15. The effluents treatment plant of a pharma company was not in operation fully. Partially treated
effluents being discharged into a tank resulting in danger to public life, whether the pharma
company be served with the order of closure?
16. Religion prayers were performed by a group of people by disturbing the peace of others. The
group causing noise pollution using voice amplifiers and beating drums. Suggest the remedy against
such a noise pollution.