Environment Protection Act Crossword

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  1. 3. Thoothukudi copper smelter closure case
  2. 8. Type of waste regulated by 2016 Rules under EPA
  3. 10. 1984 gas tragedy that triggered the enactment of EPA, 1986
  4. 11. ___ Citizens Welfare Forum case that recognised key environmental principles
  5. 12. State Pollution Control Board (acronym)
  6. 15. National Green Tribunal (acronym)
  7. 17. Principle requiring prevention of harm even without full scientific certainty
  8. 19. Environmental Impact Assessment (acronym)
  9. 20. A.P. Pollution Control Board v. Prof. M.V. ___ (1999) case on precautionary principle
  10. 21. Jan Vishwas introduced ___ officers to impose administrative penalties
  11. 22. Section 5 allows government to order ___ of polluting industries
Down
  1. 1. Section 2(d) defines this for hazardous substances
  2. 2. M.C. Mehta v. UOI (___ Gas Leak) case establishing absolute liability
  3. 3. 1972 UN Conference that inspired EPA's enactment
  4. 4. Section 5 empowers government to issue binding ___
  5. 5. Nature of EPA as ___ legislation coordinating environmental laws
  6. 6. Principle that violators must bear cost of environmental damage
  7. 7. 2023 Act that decriminalised many EPA violations
  8. 9. Courts impose environmental ___ under polluter pays principle
  9. 13. Coastal Regulation Zone (acronym)
  10. 14. 2000 Rules regulate ___ pollution from loudspeakers
  11. 16. Type of liability evolved for hazardous industries in Oleum case
  12. 18. Type of substance regulated under Section 2(e) of EPA