Civilisation and technology have a symbiotic relationship together creating a symphony of growth in its entirety and also in allied ramifications. This characteristic reflects in the legal sphere as well because technology has decisively penetrated into legal matrix impacting the politicio-legal and judicial processes. Change is an essential attribute of society and theoreticians as well as scholars in different academic spheres must come up with novel but corresponding responses in their theoretical or scholastic constructions. Dehradun Law Review, A law journal of Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University intends to proceed in this well-cherished direction in its current issue.  

Dehradun Law Review Vol-15, Issue-1 is at your disposal with a fresh paradigmatic analysis concerned with contemporary legal issues in the context of permeating technological and environmental after-effects in the legal judicial sphere. We aspire to present though provoking, substantive and insightful articles to benefit our readers and a voluminous numerical increase in articles in the current issue is the testimony of the fact.  

In this Issue 1 of volume 15 of DLR 2023, issues concerning with emerging technological development especially AI and protection of environment have posed the challenge before the world community which are discussed in detail. In the current issue, topics like as:   

Accomplishing Basic Needs with Sustainable Development Goals via Artificial  Intelligence, Critical Analysis On Implementation And Impact Of Basel Convention On  The Transboundary Movement Of End-of-life Ships For Recycling In South Asian Coasts  –need For Sustainable Approach, Issues And Concerns Relating To Cyborgs And  Technological Enhancements: Understanding Legal Implications Of Circuitry Neurons,  Hart-fuller Debate And Its Significance In India – A Jurisprudential Analysis, Legal  Framework Of Online Gaming In India: Examining The Core Legal Issues And Recent  Legislative Developments, An Approach To Reconciliation Between Majoritarian  Morality And Constitutional Morality: The Struggle For Establishing The Democratic  Balance, Public Hearing In Parole: A Comparative Analysis, Reforms In Bail Provisions  For The Undertrials In Bailable And Non-bailable Offences, Navigating The  Jurisprudence On Arbitrability Of Disputes In India: An Analysis, A Contemporary  Impact Assessment of POCSO Act And Its Implementation, Experimenting With  Cameras In The Courtroom: Live-streaming Court Proceedings And Concerns Of  Contempt Of Court, Access To Justice And Government Attitude As A Litigant:  Challenges And Plight, The Unsettling Landscape Of Wrongful Conviction: A Quest For  Justice, Digital Personal Data Protection And The Right To Privacy, have been  

extensively discussed and analyzed in depth and the pressing legal issues relating to them and their possible solutions within the Indian legal system are offered by the authors.   

“Virtue is knowledge and ignorance is Vice” is a well-known Socratic doctrine and our editorial team constantly adhere to this doctrine with all its tilt and potentials. However, it is the sole discretion of readers to judge the effectiveness and impact of our sincere scholastic efforts. Your constructive criticisms and suggestions are both-a boon and inducement which we sincerely look forward to during the course of our academic efforts. We also express our special gratitude to the contributors of articles and aspire for a prolonged association.  

God Sped! 

Prof. Rajesh Bahuguna  

Editor-in-Chief