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Give the chronological order in which environment legislations in India are enacted.
1.The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
2.The Environment (Protection) Act
3.The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
4.Biological Diversity Act

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Env. laws order: Water (1974), Air (1981), EPA (1986), Bio (2002).

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Order: Water Act (1974), Air Act (1981), Environment Protection Act (1986), Biological Diversity Act (2002).
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I. Right to a wholesome environment is a facet of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India	1. Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural Resource Policy v. Union of India (2005) 10 SCC 510
II. Right to information and community participation for protection of environment and human health is also a right which flows from Article 21	2. Orissa Mining Corpn Ltd v. Ministry of Environment and Forests (2013) 6 SCC 476
III. Precautionary principle and polluter pays principle are part of law of the land	3. Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar AIR 1991 SC 420
IV. Role of gram sabha in safeguarding the customary and religious rights of scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers under the Forest Rights Act	4. Vellore Citizen Welfare Forum v. Union of India (1996) 5 SCC 647