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Match the following: I. Right to a wholesome environment is a facet of the right to life guaranteed…

Subhash Kumar connects pollution-free water and air with the right to life, while Research Foundation recognises environmental information and community participation under…

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I. Right to a wholesome environment is a facet of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India1. Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural Resource Policy v. Union of India (2005) 10 SCC 510
II. Right to information and community participation for protection of environment and human health is also a right which flows from Article 212. Orissa Mining Corpn Ltd v. Ministry of Environment and Forests (2013) 6 SCC 476
III. Precautionary principle and polluter pays principle are part of law of the land3. Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar AIR 1991 SC 420
IV. Role of gram sabha in safeguarding the customary and religious rights of scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers under the Forest Rights Act4. Vellore Citizen Welfare Forum v. Union of India (1996) 5 SCC 647
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Subhash Kumar connects pollution-free water and air with the right to life, while Research Foundation recognises environmental information and community participation under Article 21. Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum accepts the precautionary and polluter pays principles as part of Indian environmental law. Orissa Mining Corporation explains the Gram Sabha's role in protecting customary and religious forest rights. The sequence is I-3, II-1, III-4, IV-2.

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