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#India- Supreme court fined Sterlite 1 billion rupees for breaking green laws #goodnews

NEW DELHI | Tue Apr 2, 2013 2:59pm IST (Reuters) – The Supreme Court has fined Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd 1 billion rupees for breaking environmental laws at its copper smelter in Tamil Nadu. The case is unrelated to a separate order… Continue Reading →

#India – Lead in drinking water stunts kids’ growth

DC | Bengaluru: With the city facing a shortage of clean drinking water, the National Referral Centre for Lead Projects in India (NRCLPI), based at St John’s Hospital, Bengaluru, is engaged in a project to evaluate polluted rivers around the city… Continue Reading →

Why memories of Gujarat 2002 stay

AJAZ ASHRAF, The Hindu , April 2, 2013   Riots under BJP rule are the culmination of the Sangh Parivar’s ideological impulse to keep communal tensions alive while for Congress they are tactical instruments Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath… Continue Reading →

#India – Cyber & Data Security ,Civil Liberties Implications of #Aadhaar , #Biometric Collection #UID

      http://perry4law.org   In India there are many projects that are being implemented without any legal framework and parliamentary oversight. In fact, these projects are clear violation of the constitutional protections and fundamental rights conferred by Indian Constitution.Surprisingly, these projects have… Continue Reading →

#India – Cyber & Data Security ,Civil Liberties Implications of #Aadhaar , #Biometric Collection #UID

      http://perry4law.org   In India there are many projects that are being implemented without any legal framework and parliamentary oversight. In fact, these projects are clear violation of the constitutional protections and fundamental rights conferred by Indian Constitution.Surprisingly, these projects have… Continue Reading →

Challenges / Problems of Aadhaar / UIDAI Systems in India #UID

    April 1, 2013 · http://freepress.in/       The Central Government is doing a direct Cash Transfer into the hands of the Poor Indian Citizens using UIDAI based Aadhar Payment Gateways / Biometric Payment systems / ATM. The key… Continue Reading →

Drug Patent Rights India Wins First Round Novartis Full Text of Judgement

   APRIL 2, 2013 BY RAMANAN50 The instances of Multinationals stealing indigenous medicines is well-known. So are the capricious overpricing of life saving Drugs, like Cancer Drugs. “ The Intellectual Property Appellate Board rejected the German drug maker’s appeal of the 2012 ruling on Monday. It also ruled… Continue Reading →

Novartis case: Supreme Court’s historic decision on Section 3(d) #TRIPS #Patent

Anand Grover | Apr 2, 2013, After 2005 India started granting product patents on medicines. However, Section S ection 3(d), one of the safeguards introduced by Parliament, seeks to prevent patenting of new forms of known substances unless they exhibit enhanced efficacy…. Continue Reading →

#India – The Court of Last Resort #Justicekatju

  By- Justice Markandey Katju , April 1, 2013 It has been felt for quite some time that injustice is being done to a large number of people who have been languishing in jail either as under trials whose cases… Continue Reading →

#India- How to get justice from errant service or goods providers ? #mustshare #RTI

RAJ PRADHAN | 01/04/2013 12:50 PM | Moneylife.com  Redressal of consumer complaints can entail approaching the insurance ombudsman, the consumer courts and even taking help of social media, RTI and police complaints. There are options available today to build pressure on errant service or… Continue Reading →

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