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RANGANATH MISRA, A. S. ANAND, G. N. RAY
M. C. Mehta – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
ORDER
This application is in public interest and has been filed by a practising advocate of this Court who has consistently been taking interest in matters relating to environment and pollution. The reliefs claimed in this application under Art. 32 of the Constitution are for issuing appropriate directions to cinema exhibition halls to exhibit slides containing information and messages on environment free of cost; directions for spread of information relating to environment in national and regional languages and for broadcast thereof on the All India Radio and exposure thereof on the television in regular and short term programmes with a view to educating the people of India about their social obligation in the matter of the upkeep of the environment in proper shape and making them alive to their obligation not to act as polluting agencies or factors. There is also a prayer that environment should be made a compulsory subject in schools and colleges in a graded system so that there would be a general growth of awareness. We had issued notice to the Union of India on the petition and the Central Government has immediately responded.
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