A Tribunal in Trouble? Dr. Sairam Bhat, Professor of Law & Coordinator of CEERA Lianne D’Souza, Research Fellow, CEERA, NLSIU The year 2011 marked the beginning of a truly historic era for environmental litigation in India as for the first time a quasi-judicial body, with a much wider mandate than that of its predecessors, was […]Read More
About the Journal The Journal of Law and Public Policy, a peer reviewed journal first released in 2014 is published annually by the Centre for Environment Law Education, Research and Advocacy. It touches upon various socio-legal issues in the interface between law and public policy such as human rights, consumer welfare, women rights, socio-economic rights, […]Read More
ROMANTICISING CORPORATE (MIS)GOVERNANCE: COMPANIES FRESH START SCHEME 2020 ROHITH KAMATH, ADVOCATE & CS, REX LAW CHAMBERS, BENGALURU Erstwhile in 2017, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs[MCA], estranged lakhs of companies that failed to file financial statements or annual returns with the MCA portal for a continuous period of three financial years 2013-14 to 2015-16 and they […]Read More
COASTAL REGULATION ZONE – RAGHAV PARTHASARATHY & VIKAS GAHLOT Teaching Associates, CEERA-NLSIU Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, (‘EPA’ hereafter), was enacted pursuant to the decision that was taken at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment which was held at the Stockholm in June, 1972. An urgent need to enact a general legislation to address the […]Read More
Given the dynamic nature and continuous evolving of the law, the focus of this training programme was Environmental Governance in India; Administrative, Legislative and Judicial Perspective. The relevance of Environmental Law in the country is tremendous as the same has evolved only due to Judicial Activism and prompt actions taken by the administration of the […]Read More
COASTAL REGULATION ZONE VIOLATIONS IN KERALA – ATIKA CHATURVEDI II Year Student, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi What has been in dispute for years, finally reached a conclusion. Albeit a bit astonishing, the Supreme Court ordered the demolition of the 4 high-rise buildings located in Maradu, Kerala. The events leading to […]Read More
COP 25: AGENDAS, DIFFERENCES AND THE FATAL OUTCOME – SUDHANVA KUMAR JM I Year Student, OP Jindal Global Law School The signing of the Paris Agreement, was an awakening call for the world to rectify the over emission of Carbon and our ill-treatment towards the environment. The reports submitted by the IPCC suggest human activities […]Read More
CASE COMMENT: JITENDRA SINGH v. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & ORS. Supreme Court of India Civil Appeal No. 5109 of 2019, decided on 25.11.2019 – VIKAS GAHLOT, TEACHING ASSISTANT, CEERA, NLSIU This decision of the Supreme Court of India reaffirms the accepted theory of “Commons”, which forms the basis of environmental protection and law. The bench […]Read More
“A consolidated draft law for regulating urban governance prepared by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, has proposed, among other things, the setting up of a Municipal Regulatory Commission and a Municipal Vigilance Authority which will oversee the functioning of the municipalities in the state. The draft Karnataka Municipalities Bill, 2019, […]Read More
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