COMPARATIVE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AND PINNING OF LIABILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES IN INDIA AND ASIA PACIFIC REGION

-Prof. (Dr.) Sairam Bhat & Rohith Kamath     ** The article has been published by Law Asia (The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific) and can be accessed on their website at: https://lawasia.asn.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/Sairam%20Bhat%20%26%20Rohith%20R%20Kamath%2C%20Comparative%20Enforcement%20Mechanisms%20and%20Pinning%20of%20Liability%20in%20Environmental%20Crimes%20in%20India%20and%20Asia%20Pacific%20Region%2C%20Oct%202022.Read More

CLIMATE AID

–Jaibatruka Mohanta* “We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it.” -Jay Inslee Introduction Climate Aid can be understood as local, national or transnational financing that is drawn from public, private or other alternative sources that seek to support mitigation […]Read More

NAVIGATING THE WILDLIFE (PROTECTION) AMENDMENT BILL, 2021 A Comprehensive Analysis of the Need for Scientific Methods in Wildlife Protection

-Sarthak Wadhwa * I.   Introduction A.     Prologue: The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 Last month, the Lok Sabha passed the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 (“the Bill”)[1]– after two rounds of consultation with the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change (“the Standing Committee”).[2] Introduced before the Lower House […]Read More

RUSSIAN DIVERGENCE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW UNDERPINNINGS OF THE ICJ’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS OPINION

-Ms. Anuja Shah* and Mr. Kartik Kalra** The Russia-Ukraine war has reached its zenith following Russia’s threat of use of nuclear weapons.[1] The war has its roots in the successive geopolitical expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the American attempt of inducting Ukraine therein, prompting Russia to invade Ukraine earlier this year.[2] This […]Read More

RIGHT TO INFORMATION: THE BCCI CONUNDRUM

-Shailja Rawal, Student, B.A.LL.B., NLSIU Introduction Cricket, once a game with proud records is often shammed now-a-days with disparaging remarks such as opulent, oligarchic and opaque.[1] Concerns pertaining to abysmal lack of clarity, break within communication channels and inadequate professionalism have been raised from within the cricket body itself.[2] Unfortunately, this is not the first […]Read More

Transparency, Good Governance and the Right to be Forgotten

-V  Sreedharan* Introduction The right to be forgotten (“RTBF”) since it’s conception in Google Spain SL v. Agencia Española de Protección de Datos,[1] has emerged in a number of laws. While courts and jurisdictions across the world have varied in their understanding of the right, in most cases it refers to a natural person’s (“claimant”) […]Read More