Courtroom Roleplay

PIL — Environmental Pollution

Courtroom Roleplay

PIL — Environmental Pollution

The brief

PIL — Environmental Pollution

Argue a PIL before a High Court bench.

You: Petitioner counsel
Opposite: Division Bench (2 judges)

Facts: An NGO has filed a PIL under Article 226 against a state-owned factory discharging effluents into a river, violating the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
Your role: Petitioner's counsel.
Goal: Seek closure + environmental compensation under the polluter-pays principle.

Petitioner counsel

Division Bench (2 judges)

The court is in session. Make your opening statement.