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Perils of a fragile Planet: Shifting Paradigms and Sensitive Possibilities by Tapan R. Mohanty
Global environmental issues are a growing concern among the people and communities of various regions today. As it is the changing ecological base which will ultimately affect them as they seek to exploit the available resources in order to raise their standard of living. The challenge is not so much that of improving the quality […] -
Case comment: Occupational Health and Safety Association versus Union of India by Arup Kumar Poddar
Introduction: Supreme Court has decided number of cases where the environmental degradation was questioned severely and also protected various components of the environment while applying various provisions of the environmental legislation including principles of international environmental law. In the year 1997, the Supreme Court in a number of cases decided in favour of environmental protection […] -
Case Comment: Association For Molecular Pathology, et al v. United States Patent and Trademark Office et al[i] by Gargi Chakrabarti
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BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes are found to be associated with the increased risk of breast cancer as well as ovarian cancer. In 1990, a team of scientists from University of California, Berkeley declared the association of BRCA 1 gene (present in long arm of chromosome 17) with the risk of breast cancer.[ii] In […] -
Legislative Comment: The National Food Security Act, 2013: A Critique by George K. Jose
The National Food Security Act, 2013 Aims to provide for food and nutritional security by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to the people to live a life with dignity. It also provides ways and means for the revitalization of agriculture in the country. While the Act specifically calls for […] -
Legislative Comment: The Lokpal Bill, 2013 by S.C. Roy
Introduction: The long awaited Lokpal Bill, passed in the Parliament in December 2013 has brought hope of corruption free India, to the citizen. The Lokpal Bill 2013[i] seeks to provide a mechanism to erase corruption in the public governance and the matters connected thereto. The term Lokpal (The people’s protector and caretaker) was coined by […]