NEED OF SPACE LAW IN INDIA

kaushik dhar mr, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

Abstract

Space legislation in India is the ultimate need of the nation, especially because India is progressively looking forward to privatise and commercialise space assets, expand and develop capability in space exploration and scientific discovery, commercialise its competence to build satellites and offer launch service from its launch vehicles. The pace at which India is developing and expanding in the space and space related matters it can be argued that a national space law should be legislated with the principle of creating clear and transparent regulatory guidelines for domestic industry with the intention of accelerating investment and to make certain the growth and advancement in this capital intensive - high return strategic sector. It is well known that it the duties of the countries that they have to establish their own national legislation which is embedded in the treaty provisions contained in the corpus of international law of outer space. As a result of those legitimate principles in the treaties that this paper urges India to legislate a national space legislation at the earliest, not just to accomplish the treaty obligations but for the sole reason that the growth and expansion of space activities and space industry in the country have reached a level that makes a compelling case for legislative action.