Water and the laws in india
By: edited by Ramaswamy R. Iyer.
Contributors: Iyer, Ramaswamy R.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 670
ISBN-13: 9788178298504
Subjects: Water -- Law and legislation -- India
Notes: "SAGE law"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Legal aspects of water resource management / A. Vaidyanathan and Bharath Jairaj; title: Water in India : constitutional perspectives / Kamala Sankaran; title: Inter-state water disputes : a nightmare! / Fali S. Nariman; title: Nation vs. peoples : inter-state water disputes in India's Supreme Court / Radha D'Souza; title: Riparianism in Indian water jurisprudence / Tony George Puthucherril; title: The ownership of water in Indian laws / Videh Upadhyay; title: The human right to water : policies and rights / Upendra Baxi; title: Community engagement in water governance / M.S. Vani; title: Water use : legal and institutional framework / K.J. Joy and Suhas Paranjape; title: Drinking water supply : right and obligation / K.C. Sivaramakrishnan; title: Water, women and rights / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt; title: Floods and some legal concerns / Dinesh Kumar Mishra; title: Water pollution and contamination / Paritosh C. Tyagi; title: Environmental decision-making in India : a critique / Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli; title: The contours of EIA in india / Shyam Divan; title: Displacement in the name of development / Himanshu Thakkar; title: Groundwater law in India : a new approach / M.S. Vani; title: Indian laws and acts on traditional tank irrigation systems / DHAN Foundation; title: Water law reforms in India : trends and prospects / Philippe Cullet and Roopa Madhav; title: Water law for India : science and philosophy perspectives / T.N. Narasimhan; title: A synoptic survey and thoughts on change / Ramaswamy R. Iyer.