UNDERSTANDING NOISE POLLUTION Most of us are very used to the sounds we hear in everyday life. Loud music‚ the television‚ people talking on their phone‚ the traffic and even pets barking in the middle of the night. All of these have become a part of the urban culture and rarely disturb us. However‚ when the sound of the television keeps you from sleeping all night or the traffic starts to give you a headache‚ it stops becoming just noise and start turning into noise pollution. For many of us
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Question 1. (29/3 2000) An important issue focuses on the consequences of uncertainty for the efficiency loss arising from use of various instruments when wrong information is used. In situations with certainty where decision makers know the pollution abatement cost and the pollution damage
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TORTS CAN – FALL 2010 - GOOLD Lecture 1: Introduction to the Law of Torts Tort= area of law that deals with wrongdoing. Criminal=public wrongs‚ tort=private Tort= law concerned w/ rights & remedies associated with legal relationships between individuals. - What is wrong with this definition of torts? Fails to take into account key aspects of tort law. Three ways to define torts: (1) Areas of law recognised by courts as torts (e.g. the subjects in the syllabus) (2) Area of law concerned
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Text i les Excise duty on readymade Garments fur ther reduced: Excise duty of 10% is appl icable to branded ready-made garments wi th abatement of 55% f rom the Retai l Sale Pr ice. Along wi th increase in duty to 12%‚ FM proposes to enhance the abatement to 70%. As resul t ‚ the incidence of duty as a percentage of the Retai l Sale Pr ice would come down f rom 4.5% to 3.6%. In terms of impact ‚ there would be marginal benef i t to text i le companies in the higher
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Slavery in the United States is most historically notorious for its inherent injustice toward blacks. In the decades prior to the Civil War‚ the slavery controversy carried increasing political weight. Proslavery and antislavery factions began to consider how slavery fit into the United States’ political and historical background.1 Accelerating expansionism in the 1840s revived conflicts earlier settled by the 1820 Missouri Compromise.2 The Liberty Party formed to advocate the total elimination
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Q.1 Define Tort and explain its essential elements. Distinguish Tort from breach of contract and Crime. Ans. The term “Tort” has been derived from the Latin term “Tortum” which means to twist.It means twisted‚ crooked‚ unlawful‚ or a wrongful act rather than an act which is straight or lawful. Tort may be defined as a “Civil Wrong” which is repressible by an action for unliquidated damages and which is other than a mere breach of contract or breach of trust” Tort is a civil wrong as opposed
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ORGANISATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCERS OF INDIA Peninsula Corporate Park‚ Peninsula Chambers‚ Ground Floor‚ Ganpatrao Kadam Marg‚ Lower Parel‚ Mumbai 400 013. Telephone: 91 + 22 + 2491 8123‚ 2491 2486‚ 6662 7007 Fax: 91 + 22 + 2491 5168 Email: indiaoppi@vsnl.com OPPI PRE-BUDGET MEMORANDUM - 2013-2014 INDIRECT TAXES A. CUSTOMS DUTY Sr. No. 1. Issue Justification Customs duty exemption/ reduction to Life Saving It is imperative that critical life saving drugs be made available to
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SCHEDULE "B" "CASTLE ROCK ESTATES" Invermere‚ BC STATUTORY BUILDING SCHEME Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions The within Statutory Building Scheme is declared by Castle Rock Estates Ltd.‚ as Grantor‚ this 1st day of March‚ 2004. WHEREAS: A. The Grantor is the registered owner in fee simple of certain real property situated in the District of Invermere in the Province of British Columbia‚ which property is legally known and described as: Lot 3‚ District Lot 7158‚ Kootenay District
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Defination Of Nuisances * “Unlawful interference with a person’s use or enjoyment of land‚ or some right over‚ or in connection‚ with it.” Winfield & Jolowicz on Tort. * it involves interference with land‚ the claimant‚ as you will see‚ has to have an interest in land. * the aim of private nuisance is to protect interests in land‚ damages for personal injury are not recoverable under this tort. Who can sue? * It has traditionally protected interest in land. * Only a person
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Tort law in environmental regulations Actions brought under tort law are amongst the oldest of the legal remedies to abate pollution. Most pollution cases in tort law fall under the categories of nuisance‚ negligence or strict liability.1 The rules of Tort law in India were introduced under British rule. Initially‚ disputes arising within the presidency towns of Calcutta‚ Madras and Bombay were subjected to common law rules.2 Later‚ Indian courts outside the presidency were required by Acts of the
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