Subhas Datta
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Subhas Dutta সুভাষ দত্ত | |
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 Datta at the Baja Kadamtala Ghat, Kolkata, in October 2012. | |
| Born | 21 November 1949 |
| Occupations | Green Activist and Chartered Accountant |
| Spouse | Swati Datta |
| Children | Sayani Datta and Sumanta Datta |
Subhas Datta is an environmental activist who has been so for over three decades.[1] He is a qualified chartered accountant by profession. Since 1995, Datta has aired the grievances of the masses before the judicial forum by filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
Subhas Datta's work in environmental activism began in 1977, when the tree plantation programme was initiated. In 2004, based on his petition before the Green Bench of the High Court at Calcutta, the Act in the name and style of West Bengal Trees (Protection and Conservation in Non-Forest Areas) Act, 2006 was passed.[2] The act's purpose was to save trees in the non-forest areas of the State.
In 1995, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Supreme Court of India regarding Howrah city’s environmental issues and based on this petition, the first Green Bench of the country in any High Court was set up in the Calcutta High Court. From 1995 to date, Datta has been ventilating the grievances of the masses before the judicial forum through filing Public Interest Litigations (PIL). On PIL matters, Datta gets the information first, collects the related documents on the subject, verifies the information, visits the locations, takes photographs, drafts the petition, files the PIL and makes the submissions before the Court. Datta has so far moved the highest number of PILs in the country filed before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court at Calcutta.[3]
Recognition and Notable Work
Datta was recognized and awarded as a Kolkata Hero by the Times of India Group in 2013.[4]
He has won many legal battles for preserving the environment, such as the Botanical Gardens Issue, Conservation of the Brigade Parade Ground and forming the country's first Environment Bench, popularly known as the Green Bench, among many others.[5]