Women, business and the law 2024
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling conditions that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. To present a more complete picture
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling conditions that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. To present a more complete picture
The government's decision to set up a tribunal to decide compensation cases is being seen as an attempt to compromise the establishment of environment courts that would have much wider ambit.
A bill introduced during the last session of Parliament seeks to change the definition of death from when the heart stops beating to when the brain ceases to function. The bill will benefit patients awaiting organ transplants and who have to depend on the
A MAJOR leap in Indian jurisprudence occurred when Chief Justice P N Bhagwati interpreted the Indian Constitution to mean that Indian citizens have a Right to a clean and healthy environment because
The government is preparing legislation to regulate the use of tubewells because water tables in the country are falling rapidly. But the proposal could run into opposition from rich farmers.
THE FISH and the fishermen are both in trouble. To prevent a total collapse of fish stocks and the fishing industry, a drastic reduction in the European Community's (EC) fishing fleet has been
IN THIS "throwaway" age the Germans are trying to be difficult. Their stringent waste laws are creating a rift in the European Commission (EC) which wants lower and more flexible standards.
The widely criticised draft policy on rehabilitation and resettlement has a major loophole it does not provide for any legislative backing
• National policy should only indicate guidelines. • Involuntary displacement should be minimised. • A widely-representative body should take decisions. • Fair standard of
TWO resident families in California's Beverly Hills, which houses many Hollywood stars, were recently fined US $1.2 million for cutting down a neighbour's trees to get a view. The Views
An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected therewith.