NMIMS Global Access.
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE).
Course: Business Law
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2024 Examination.
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
? All Questions carry equal marks.
? All Questions are compulsory
? All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.
? All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
? Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
? Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other students is not allowed
? Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions
Q1. “India’s growth as a developing nation depends on how it leverages the conscious exploitation its natural resources”, support the foregoing statement by highlighting important provisions and features of the law that conserves biological diversity in India along with regulating the access to Biological Resources in India.
(10 Marks)
Q2. Illustrate the composition of the Competition Commission of India under the Competition Act, 2002 and how does it handles enquiries and complaints. (10 Marks)
Q3. Mr. Joglekar, a Mumbai citizen has found that a private developer in Mumbai has found it is hosting a cultural event its employees in Mumbai. He wants to find more information on the cultural event including the details of the guests attended so that he can identify the associates of the developer. As a citizen of India, he went ahead and filed an application under Right to Information Act, 2005 with the private developer. However, he was denied the information.
a) Can you explain why information cannot be provided to him under Right to Information Act, 2005? (5 Marks)
b) What are the specific instances under which information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 can denied? (5 Marks)