Forest Types in India — Environmental Cases

Environmental Cases

T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India

1996 (and subsequent rulings)

This landmark Supreme Court judgment fundamentally redefined 'forest' in India, extending its legal protection beyond statutorily notified areas to include any area recorded as…

Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India

2011

While not directly about forest classification, this case reinforced the 'precautionary principle' and the need for comprehensive environmental impact assessments (EIAs) before…

Also build Paper II skills

Climate data, pollution metrics, and treaty timelines are natural practice for CSAT data interpretation and careful reading. CSAT hub.

• Data interpretation
• Correlation vs causation
• Estimation techniques