VIOLATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: DON’T BLAME THE NATURE FOR THE UTTARAKHAND FLOODS By:-Pooja Vohra, Symbiosis Law School, Noida Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region receives thousands of pilgrims every year for Char Dham yatra—Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. Heavy rains and floods are not new to the region but the extreme rains of June 16 this year lead to a disaster of unprecedented proportions in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. While life is yet to return to normal in the said state, many questions regarding repeated violations of environmental norms that the disaster brought with it also need to be answered…
Author: Naman Tandon
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) announces opening of admissions for the Post Graduate Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms under its Distance Learning Programme. Eligibility: The minimum eligibility is Graduation from any faculty Course Duration: Course duration is 6 months. Fees : For ILS students : Rs.18,000/- For students other than ILS : Rs.20,000/- (Fees will be accepted by D.D. or Pay Order in the name of ‘Institute of Advanced Legal Studies’ payable at Pune.) Location: The course is non-residential and conducted on all-India basis. Contact classes and exams will be held at ILS Law College Campus, Pune (on notified dates…
Cyber Law is the law governing computers and the Internet. In today’s highly digitalized world, almost everyone is affected by cyber law. All transactions in shares are in demat form. All companies depend upon technology. Government forms are now filed online. Credit cards usage is booming. E-commerce is growing rapidly. Most people are using email, cell phones. Even “non-cyber crime” cases, involve digital evidence. Cyber crime cases are becoming common. Digital signatures usage is increasing. Diploma in Cyber Law is a…
About the course:- Development of Cyber law is a recent phenomenon. It is still in a nascent stage and continuously evolving every passing day. Even the most learned legal luminaries find it difficult to solve the legal problems posed by technology. The Online Certificate Course offered by the institute, intends to spread awareness among the general public about the cyber law, it is specifically beneficial to the lawyer community and the judges in the subordinate judiciary, who face cases on the daily basis. The course is designed to give distant education wherein the students need not come to the…
Supreme court Judge P Sathasivam will be appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) after the expiry of present incumbent Altamas Kabir’s tenure. He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on August 21, 2007. Sathasivam, who will be the 40th CJI, will have tenure till April 26, 2014. Justice Sathasivam hails from the Madras Bar and was elevated as a Permanent Judge of the Madras High Court on 8th January, 1996. On 20th April 2007 Justice Sathasivam was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and further elevated to the Supreme Court on 21st August 2007. Notably, Justice Sathasivam has not served as…
