Assistant Professor of Political Science @Vassar I Previously Postdoc @ClimateLitX l Ph.D from @EUI_EU I LL.M from @BerkeleyLaw I Environmental Lawyer
Oct 4, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Waking up to this news as I work on a paper that examines deregulation of environmental law in India. A thread on how important it is to have a more just, participatory and inclusive process of environmental law making (1/6)
India has a pre-legislative consultation policy but it is applied selectively. The criteria are a good starting point but it does not provide a generous time window to provide feedback and has no emphasis on language translation as @disharavii points out.
Apr 5, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I was going through my teaching notes this morning and it occurred to me that with things going online why not use this opportunity to provide a free course on environmental law and justice taught through an interdisciplinary lens focusing on international and domestic law (1/8)
There are many young and inspiring environmental lawyers who will step in to share their experiences. The course will cover cross-cutting issues and meet once a week on Saturday mornings or friday evenings.
Mar 9, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is inviting comments on the draft national action plan on business and human rights(mca.gov.in/Ministry/pdf/N…) for India. Here are my points on this draft keeping in mind the rights of forest-dwelling communities and extractive industries(1/n)
At the outset, the zero draft does not make any leap in increasing the legal standards for due process in land acquisition. It instead lowers it by speaking of community consultation and not consent.
Jan 14, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Here is a quick thread on The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance,2020 that aims to further open up the coal mining sector. Here I focus on the problematic provisions which do two things, one reduce regulatory oversight and two increase discretionary power of the central govt(1/6)
It introduces section 4B in addition to Section 4A which allows the central govt in consultation with the state govt to terminate leases to preserve the natural environment or prevent pollution etc.4B allows for continuation of leases to maintain sustained mineral production.
