A Guide to India's Aviation Law

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Description
The aviation sector occupies a crucial position in the Indian transport industry and plays a pivotal role in India's efforts to emerge as a global economic player. The liberalization of the aviation industry in India has precipitated the need for the expansion of domestic and international air carriers. Air law is closely connected with civil air transport. A Guide to India's Aviation Law throws light upon various aspects of the laws revolving around the aviation industry especially in India and will act as a useful guide to all stakeholders associated with the aviation industry.
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Contents
Chapter 1    Climate Change and Aviation : The Indian Perspective
Chapter 2    Regulating Drones in India
Chapter 3    Aircraft Financing Law in India
Chapter 4    Anti-Trust Issues with Respect to Frequent Flyer Programs and Code-Sharing
                      Agreements that Persist in the Aviation Industry : The Indian Context
Chapter 5    Aviation Security Law - The Indian Context
Chapter 6    Basics of Public International Air Law
Chapter 7    Principles of private International Air Law
Chapter 8    Legal Regime Governing Slot Trading
Subject Index
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Author Details
VIKRANT PACHNANDA is a Dispute Resolution Counsel and an Aviation Attorney having pursued B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Gujarat National Law University; Gandhinagar (GNLU), LL.M. from Cornell Law School and Advanced LL.M. in Air and Space Law from the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University. He was one of the eight students who were part of the first batch of students that enrolled in the inaugural course on air law at GNLU and currently teaches at the GNLU Academy of Air and Space Law as a Resource Person.
Pachnanda has been practising across various forums such as the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts; Tribunals and District Courts across the country as well as dealing with international and domestic arbitrations since 2012. He has also been working with a boutique dispute resolution law firm in India, Agarwal Law Associates, since 2014 and was an Associate in the Aero-Space & Defence team at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices (now L&L Partners). Pachnanda advises stakeholders in the aviation industry on aviation-related legal issues including aviation security law, consumer protection issues and policy-related issues. He is the Managing Editor of the India Law Journal (www.indialawjournal.org) which he founded as a law student in 2008. He was also one of the founders and Student Managing Editors of the GNLU Journal for Law, Development and Politics.
Pachnanda judges the national and international rounds of the annual Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot, one of the only moot court competitions in the field of air law in the world. He has participated in this moot court competition as a GNLU student and as a coach of the GNLU team.
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