Water and the Laws in India Book

Introduction - Ramaswamy R Iyer I. A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW Legal Aspects of Water Resource Management - A Vaidyanathan and Bharat Jairaj II. WATER AND FEDERALISM Water in India: Constitutional Perspectives - Kamala Sankaran Inter-State Water Disputes: A Nightmare! - Fali S Nariman Nation vs Peoples: Inter-State Water disputes in India's Supreme Court - Radha D'Souza III. WATER: SOME MAJOR LEGAL THEMES Riparianism in Indian Water Jurisprudence - Tony George Puthucherril The Ownership of Water in Indian Laws - Videh Upadhyay The Human Right to Water: Policies and Rights - Upendra Baxi Community Engagement in Water Governance - M S Vani Water Use: Legal and Institutional Framework - K J Joy and Suhas Paranjape Drinking Water Supply: Right and Obligation - K C Sivaramakrishnan Water, Women and Rights - Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt IV. SOME WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS: Legal Aspects Floods and Some Legal Concerns - Dinesh Kumar Mishra Water Pollution and Contamination - Paritosh C Tyagi V. AUGMENTING WATER Big Water Resource Projects - Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli Environmental Decision Making in India: A Critique The Contours of EIA in India - Shyam Divan Displacement in the Name of Development - Himanshu Thakkar Groundwater Law In India: A New Approach - M S Vani Local Water Management - Dhan Foundation Indian Laws and Acts on Traditional Tank Irrigation Systems VI. WATER LAW REFORM Water Law Reforms in India: Trends and Prospects - Philippe Cullet and Roopa Madhav Water Law for India: Science and Philosophy Perspectives - T N Narasimhan VII: DRAWING THE THREADS TOGETHER A Synoptic Survey and Thoughts on Change - Ramaswamy R Iyer