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
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
PLAGIARISM DETECTION: ISSUES OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT – RAGHAV PARTHASARATHY, Teaching Associate and Advocate, National Law School of India University INTRODUCTION Research or academic progress for any individual is mainly dependant on his writing. From the past few years, due to exponential increase in the usage of internet and the contents uploaded, authors are finding easy […]Read More
STEEL SCRAP RECYCLING POLICY, 2019 PRIYADARSHINI VENKATESH & NAYANA JM Students, School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) Introduction The Ministry of Steel recently passed the Steel Scrap Recycling Policy of 2019 which promotes the establishment of Metal Scraping Centers in India which facilitate recycling of ferrous, non-ferrous and other non-metallic scraps. The […]Read More
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