ENVIRONMENT EVENT CALENDAR AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TANISHKA GROVER, Student, Amity Law School, Noida The United Nations Conference on Human Environment, 1972 held in Stockholm, Sweden, also known as Stockholm conference was the first UN conference with a focus on international environmental issues. It laid the foundation stone for global environment governance and also mark the […]Read More
TRANSGENDER PERSONS (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS) ACT & RULES – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS NITESH MAHECH, Student, University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU On 26.11.2019, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 was approved by the Rajya Sabha, after having been passed by the Lok Sabha on 05.08.2019. There had been an impassioned debate for further scrutiny, in […]Read More
SDGS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT- AN EXPLORATION OF INDIA’S PROGRESS TOWARDS ITS ACHIEVEMENT –KUSUMIKA SEN, 4th Year B.Com., LL.B. (Hons.), Tamil Nadu National Law University Introduction Sustainable development is a concept which aims to ensure the sustainable use of resources to satisfy the necessities of the current generation without jeopardizing the capability of the future generations […]Read More
INTER-STATE WATER DISPUTE – GEETHANJALI K.V., Legal Associate, CEERA-NLSIU; SNEHLATA CHATURVEDI, 4th Year Student, KLE Society’s Law School, Bengaluru MAHEK JAIN, 5th Year Student, Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian Law College, Bengaluru Introduction Water is ‘the stuff of life and a basic human right’.[1] 70% of the Earth’s surface is composed of water; it covers the […]Read More
DIGITAL DEATH – S. Balasubramanya, Former Vice-President, Tata Consultancy Services “Most of us now live two lives, one in our actual world and the other in the virtual. When we die, our physical existence might come to an end, but the virtual presence lingers on” Introduction – Digital Asset In a time when most of […]Read More
TREAD CAUTIOUSLY! SUBVERTING THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE VIS-À-VIS THE DRAFT EIA NOTIFICATION 2020 – Lianne Lucia D’souza, Research Fellow, CEERA-NLSIU At a time when the country is staring at widespread ecological destruction in the name of industrial development, the Government of India has taken upon itself the mantle of paradigm shifter by bringing about significant changes […]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
Easing Environment Impact Assessment Regulations for Pharmaceutical Sector: A necessary Evil? – Geethanjali K.V., Legal Associate, CEERA-NLSIU Introduction An impact can be termed as the effects a particular activity or scenario could have on something or someone when it is carried out. It could also mean the ‘consequences’ of an action. Applying this concept to […]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
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
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