"SAGE law"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Legal aspects of water resource management / A. Vaidyanathan and Bharath Jairaj -- 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 -- 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 -- Floods and some legal concerns / Dinesh Kumar Mishra -- Water pollution and contamination / Paritosh C. Tyagi -- Environmental decision-making in India : a critique / Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli -- 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 -- Indian laws and acts on traditional tank irrigation systems / DHAN Foundation -- Water law reforms in India : trends and prospects / Philippe Cullet and Roopa Madhav -- Water law for India : science and philosophy perspectives / T.N. Narasimhan -- A synoptic survey and thoughts on change / Ramaswamy R. Iyer.