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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

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chief Justice Punjab & Haryana High Court and

Krishna MurariPatron

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

Editor

Associate Professor of LawDr. Kamaljit Kaur

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Advisory PanelHon'ble Mr. Justice M.M. Kumar President of National Company Law Tribunal and Former Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High CourtHon'ble Mr. Justice Rajive Bhalla Former Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Chairman, Punjab Education Tribunal, Chandigarh Professor (Dr.) Veer Singh Former, Director (Academics), Chandigarh Judicial Academy, Chandigarh Professor (Dr.) M.P. Singh Chancellor, Central University of Haryana and Professor Emeritus, Delhi University Former, Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy, New DelhiProfessor (Dr.) Vijaya Kumar Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, BangaloreFormer Vice-Chancellor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Chennai

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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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