Mumbai University Solved Question Papers
Environmental Laws
Previous Year Question Paper with Solution
LLB 3 years · Sem 2
Aug 2023 - 75/25 Examination
munotes.in
Mumbai
LLB 3 years Sem 2 Environmental Laws Aug 2023 - 75/25 Question Paper with Solutions
Get access to whole semester resourcesSemester Pass
MU law student group
Free to join
First published on munotes.in on 17 October 2026.
Published by munotes.in, Mumbai.
Model answers written and edited by the munotes.in editorial desk.
Passages from this volume may be quoted, in print, online or by an AI system, with credit: name munotes.in and link to this volume's page. The volume may not be reproduced as a whole. Full terms at munotes.in/content-license.
munotes.in is an independent study resource for students of the University of Mumbai. It is not affiliated with the University of Mumbai, and is not endorsed by it.
The University does not publish an official answer key for this paper. The answers in this volume are model answers, written to show how a full-mark answer is built. They are a study aid, not an authority on what an examiner marked.
The question paper reproduced here is the paper as set by the University of Mumbai at the Aug 2023 - 75/25 examination.
Contents
The questions below are the paper as the University of Mumbai set it at the Aug 2023 - 75/25 examination, in the order it was set.
MarksPage
MarksPage
The Paper as Set
The questions in this volume are the questions asked at the Aug 2023 - 75/25 examination, reproduced as the University of Mumbai set them, in the order it set them. Nothing has been reworded, added or left out. Only the answers are ours. See the original question paper.
Duration 2½ hours · Total marks 75 · 21 questions answered
How to use this volume
Solve the paper first, under exam conditions and against the clock. Then read the answers here and mark your own. Reading a solution before attempting the question feels productive and teaches very little, because recognising an answer is not the same as being able to write one.
SECTION I
Answer questions in one or two sentences
any 6 of 8 · 12 Marks
1.State any two objectives of the Environment Protection Act, 1986.[2]
Answer
The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 states its objects in its long title and preamble. Section 3 shows how they are carried out. Any two, explained, will answer the question.
- Protection and improvement of the environment. The long title describes it as an Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment. Section 3(1) gives the Central Government power to take all measures necessary for that purpose.
- Implementing the Stockholm decisions. The preamble recites the decisions of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, June 1972. Parliament considered it necessary to implement them.
- Preventing hazards. The preamble also aims at preventing hazards to human beings, other living creatures, plants and property.
- Co-ordination. Under section 3(2)(i), the Centre may co-ordinate the actions of State Governments and authorities under this Act and other related laws. This ends the earlier piecemeal approach.
- Standards. Under section 3(2)(iii) and (iv), it may lay down standards for environmental quality and for emissions and discharges.
- Hazardous substances and accidents. Under section 3(2)(vi) and (vii), it may lay down safeguards against accidents and for handling hazardous substances. This answered the gap exposed by Bhopal in 1984.
- Restricting industries by area. Under section 3(2)(v), it may restrict where industries operate.
Two to write. The two main objects are protecting and improving the environment, and preventing hazards to living beings and property. Both are drawn from the preamble.
The rest of the answers
The first answer is free. The rest come with the LL.B. 3 Years Semester 2 solved papers.
You have read the question paper and its first answer in full. Buy the solved papers once and you can read every answer of every solved paper in this semester.
Notes + Solved papers: ₹798 Already bought it? Sign in
Or solved papers only: ₹499
Or notes only: ₹499
The question paper itself stays free, and so does the syllabus.
Found an error in this volume? Report it and we will check it against the paper.