Striving Towards ‘The Good Life’: What Environmental Litigation in India Can Tell Us About Climate Litigation in the Global South

• Published in: Transnational environmental law Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 636 - 651
• Main Author: Kumar, Parul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2024
• Subjects: Actions and defenses; Case Comment; Climatic changes; Economic development; Environmental aspects; Environmental law; Human rights; INDIA; Global south; Human rights; Climate litigation; Environmental litigation; Industrial emissions; India

The Supreme Court of India's judgment in Vedanta Ltd v. State of Tamil Nadu and Others, affirming the closure of Vedanta's copper smelting plant in Tuticorin in southern India, concludes a long and contentious chain of litigation. The plant's troubled history and the ensuing litigatio...