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Number IVolume VIII January-June 2018
Green Consumerism and Its Justifiability
Towards Sustainable Consumption: An
Environmental Facet
Rattan Singh & Shikha Dhiman
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Enriching Disability Rights Discourse in
India
Yogesh Pratap Singh
Legalisation of Passive Euthanasia in
India- Right to Die with Dignity with
Special Reference to 'Advance Medical
Directive'
Purnima Khanna
Patentability of Computer Related
Inventions in India
Charanjiv Singh & Nirmal Kaur
Critical Analysis of The Surrogacy
Regulation Bill, 2016
Gaganpreet
Registration of Marriages in India:
Critical Analysis
Kamaljit Kaur & Priya Agrawal
RGNUL Law Review Volume VIII, Number I January - June 2018
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Chancellor, RGNUL
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Professor (Dr.) Paramjit S. JaswalVice-Chancellor
RGNUL
Dr. SharanjitDr. Tanya Mander, Assistant Professor of English Dr. Renuka Soni, Assistant Professor of LawDr. Abhinandan Bassi, Assistant Professor of Law
, Associate Professor of Law
Executive EditorProfessor (Dr.) G. I. S. Sandhu
Registrar, RGNUL
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Associate Professor of LawDr. Kamaljit Kaur
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EDITORIAL
It is a matter of immense pleasure to place before you the latest RGNUL Law
Review, the RLR Volume VIII, Number I January-June 2018.It has indeed been
a challenging and daunting task for the Editorial Board to ensure that quality
Legal Research which is original and fresh with new ideas is brought forth to the
community at large and serves the purpose of uplifting the society and bringing
radical changes much needed in the contemporary world at large. As the
University Grants Commission has come up with the UGC (Promotion of
Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational
Institutions) Regulations, 2018 it has become imperative to guarantee that we
continue to maintain the high standards of excellence that we seek to achieve in
all that is published under the University Banner. This Journal is a referred
publication comprising six articles on multifarious issues is an effort in this
direction. This Issue contains an insight into Green Consumerism and its
Justifiability towards sustainable Consumption wherein the environmental facets
have been stressed upon. The Public interest Litigations have been looked at
from the point of view of Disability rights, the right to die has been fervently
debated to legalize Euthanasia, the Patentability of Computer related inventions
in India has been explored, a Critical analysis of the Surrogacy Regulation Bill,
2016 and of the Registration of Marriages in India has been made in this
Volume. The Journal seeks to broaden the study of complex legal issues and
develop new perspectives to the advancement of Legal thought and writing. I
must take this opportunity to convey my heartiest and sincere thanks to all the
contributors for their invaluable contributions and hope that they continue to do
so in future also. I am confident that this Journal will strive to be more and more
successful in achieving its cherished mission of increasing the knowledge
quotient and initiating intellectual debate and dialogue.
Dr. Kamaljit Kaur
RGNUL Law Review (RLR)
Volume VIII January-June 2018 Number I
CONTENTS
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No.
Articles Author(s) Page
Nos.
(I) Green Consumerism and Its Justifiability
Towards Sustainable Consumption: An
Environmental Facet
Rattan Singh & Shikha Dhiman
1-10
(II) The Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Enriching Disability Rights Discourse in
India
Yogesh Pratap Singh
11-26
(III) Legalisation of Passive Euthanasia in India-
Right to Die with Dignity with Special
Reference to 'Advance Medical Directive'
Purnima Khanna 27-38
(IV) Patentability of Computer Related
Inventions in India
Charanjiv Singh & Nirmal Kaur
39-48
(V) Critical Analysis of The Surrogacy
Regulation Bill, 2016
Gaganpreet 49-64
(VI) Registration of Marriages in India: Critical
Analysis
Kamaljit Kaur & Priya Agrawal
65-82
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