Powers of the High Court in Arbitration
Prerna Khatri, Research Associate The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is a comprehensive statute, consolidating and amending in nature and goes way beyond the scope of its predecessor enactment, The…
Study Materials
International Seabed Authority under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Nivedita Saxena, Research Associate The oceans had long been subject to the freedom of the seas doctrine – a principle put forth in the seventeenth century essentially limiting national rights…
Prevalence of Tort law in pursuance to the Environmental Problems and its Remedies
Shashank Sahay, Research Associate Damages and Injunction A plaintiff in a tort action may sue for damages or an injunction, or both. Damages Damages are the pecuniary compensation payable for…
Appointment of Arbitrators and Composition of Arbitral Tribunal
A Game of Even – Odd Numbers Vedang Mishra, Research Associate The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the Act), which is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law, has brought drastic…
Operation of Coastal Zone Regulations: Its Legal Implications – An Insight
Anshu Bansal, Research Associate Mrs. Gandhi’s concerns about protecting the environment and ecology of India’s coasts which held sway for almost 20 years, now go for a toss under a…
Specific Performance of Contracts
Abhinav Gaur, Research Associate Every contract broaches an obligation upon each party to such contract, to either do or not to do something. Upon breach of such obligation created by…
One Person Company: Indian Corporate World Setting New Milestones
Abhinav Gaur, Research Associate Existing Companies Act, 1956 has been amended on August 29, 2013 through new Companies Act. Old bill was too complex and many representations were made to…
A Greener Assessment for a Sustainable Future: Introduction to Environment Impact Assessment
Akshay Shandilya, Research Associate With the onset of First World War, rapid industrialization and urbanization in western countries was causing rapid loss of natural resource, which stretched to the period…
Goldstone Report and Libya FFM-Report
Identification and comparison of methodological approaches in two fact-finding mission reports Dmytro Tupchiienko, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge (UK) A UN fact-finding mission, headed by Judge Richard Goldstone, was…
Noise Pollution: Newest form of Environmental Contamination
Akshay Shandilya, Research Associate “A day will come man will have to fight merciless noise as the worst enemy of health” – Robert Koch ((Nobel Prize Winner, German Bacteriologist)). Ever…