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Renewable energy has become the “talk of the town" due to the fact that the Earth's resources are extremely limited and hence companies are now racing to find, invent, innovate and build upon various types of renewable energy projects. For example : In India alone there have been more than 682 startups in the renewable energy sector which have opened up from the year 2016 to 2022 alone [ 1 ]. This is also reflected in the international scenario through the rise of Elon Musk’s Tesla which specializes in the manufacture of electric vehicles which run on Lithium ion batteries and in doing so reduce dependency on fossil fuels and also decrease air pollution by huge volumes from being a company which was only a little more than 20 billion dollars in the year 2018 the companies net worth has quadrupled to more than 81 billion dollars in a span of just 5 years from 2018 to 2023 [ 2 ]. In the light of these scenarios where renewable energy has been found to be the sustainable way forw...

Recent news headlines show massive outrage against a Dalit woman named Shalini Maria Lawrence who threatened to use the ST/SC atrocities act against her neighbor [Brahmin by caste] who objected to her installing Wi-Fi by having the cables passed through her house and disconnecting the cables [ 1 ]. Elsewhere in the state of Uttar Pradesh, a person named Vishnu Tiwari from a rural area was jailed for nearly 20 years after he was falsely charged and convicted under this very act. He was later set free by the Allahabad High Court after being jailed for nearly 20 years on the grounds of “lack of evidence” being presented to it [ 2 ]. Moreover, in the state of Rajasthan more than 40% of all cases that were filed under the above mentioned act were filed falsely and this alarming fact was stated by the police department of the state of Rajasthan [ 3 ]. Even though these are isolated cases of misuse of the SC/ST prevention of Atrocities Act there have also been just as many cases of senseless ...

  Preliminary Provisions The Act extends to the whole of India and came into force on April 21, 2018. It defines key terms such as "Administrator," "fugitive economic offender," "proceeds of crime," and "Scheduled Offence." A fugitive economic offender is an individual against whom a warrant for arrest has been issued by any Court in India for a Scheduled Offence, and who has either left India to avoid prosecution or refuses to return to face prosecution. Declaration and Confiscation Chapter II of the Act outlines the process for declaring an individual as a fugitive economic offender and the subsequent confiscation of property. The Director or any officer not below the rank of Deputy Director can file an application in the Special Court to declare an individual as a fugitive economic offender. The application must contain reasons for the belief, information about the offender's whereabouts, and a list of properties believed to be proce...