The question (10 marks)
Explain the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000 and the remedies available to a person affected by noise. To what extent do the freedoms of speech and of religion protect the use of loudspeakers? (10 marks)
MU Module IV, the environmental rules; pack ch. 13 with ch. 08, and case brief 18.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · Tribunal, Wildlife and Rules of Environmental Laws.
Authorities you will need
- Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000, especially rule 3, made under the Environment (Protection) Act 1986
- Forum for Prevention of Environment and Sound Pollution v Union of India
- Church of God (Full Gospel) in India v KKR Majestic Colony Welfare Association
- Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981, s. 2(a); Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. 270; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, s. 152
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