UMESH CHANDRA BANERJEE, C. J.

( 1 ) GLOBAL maturity in recent years in regard to the concept of ecological imbalance cannot in any way be doubted - but what does the expression ecology means: Ecology in common acceptation mean and imply the study of home or the household of nature to be kept in order. George L. Clarke in his Elements of Ecology has stated that every living thing is surrounded by materials and forces which constitute its environment and from which it must derive its needs and contact with the environment is inescapable. It is on this perspective, it is to be considered as to whether on the wake of Twenty First century when there is such an awareness and maturity throughout the Globe in regard to maintenance of ecological equilibrium, Law Courts should be justified to lend a blind eye and deaf ear in regard to this concept of ecological imbalance if raised before it. Ecological imbalance, undoubtedly, is a social problem and in this context the observations of the Calcutta High Court in calcutta Youth Front and another vs. State of West Bengal and another seem to be rather apposite. In that decision, the Court held:"an ecological problem in contrast is a special ty

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