Legal Frameworks for the Protection of Built Heritage in India
- Ghaziabad Copal Publishing Group 2019
- 94p.
Preface p.viii, About the Author p.ix, Acronyms p.xii, 1. Heritage: Definition, Quantum and Expanding Definition of Heritage p.1, 1.1 Introduction p.1, 1.2 Definitions of Built Heritage p.3, 1.3 Terms and Definitions Important for Understanding Heritage p.5, 1.4 Sustainable Use in Context to Heritage p.10, 1.5 Considerations for Defining Heritage in India p.10, 2. Legal Instruments for the Protection of Heritage Across the Globe p.11, 2.1 Introduction p.11, 2.2 Heritage Laws Across the Globe p.11, 2.3 Definition of Protected Cultural Heritage p.11, 2.4 Grading of Protected Heritage p.12, 2.5 Administrative Framework for Heritage Management p.13, 2.6 Powers Acquired Through Heritage Legislation p.14, 2.7 Power for Compulsory Acquisition and Compensation p.13, 2.8 Power to Perform Rituals or Continuations of Religious Practices p.14, 2.9 Power to Control the Use p.14, 2.10 Power to Intervene p.10, 2.11 Provisions of Obligations in Heritage Law p.14, 2.12 Financial Provisions p.16, 2.13 Provisions for Human Resources p.16, 2.14 Sanctions for Failure to Conserve the Heritage p.16, 2.15 Legal Provisions for Effective Protection of Heritage p.17, 2.16 The Indian Scenario p.17, 3. The Constitution of India and Provisions for Heritage p.19, 3.1 Introduction p.19, 3.2 The Fundamental Rights p.20, 3.3 Directive Principles of State Policy p.20, 3.4 The Fundamental Duties p.20, 3.5 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution p.22, 4. The Ancient Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR) 1958 p.23, 4.1 Definitions of What the Act Protects p.23, 4.2 Salient Features of the Act p.25, 4.3 Analysis of the AMASR Act of 1958 p.26, 4.4 Observation and Analysis towards the Provisions of the Act and lts Applicability in Contemporary Times p.26 4.5 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules 1959, p.33, 4.6 Observations and Analysis of the AMASR Rules of 1959 p.34,4.7 The Amendments p.35, 4.8 Difference between the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010, and the AMASR Act of 1958 p.37, 4.9 Observations towards the Provision of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 p.39, 4.10 Heritage, Where Is It? p.41, 5. The State Acts as per the Corresponding to the Central Act of the AMASR Act 1958 p.42, 5.1 Introduction p.42, 5.2 Definitions of the State AMASR Acts in Relationship to the AMASR Act of 1958 p.43, 5.3 Protection of Built Heritage by State Governments in India p.59, 6. Other Acts Aiding to the Protection of Built Heritage in India p.61, 6.1 Laws Required Towards Implementation of AMASR Act 1958 p.61, 6.2 Heritage Protected with Help of Laws Other than Ancient Monuments Act p.61, 6.3 Continuum of the Vulnerability of Heritage p.70, 7. The Future Scope p.72, 7.1 Changing Perceptions of Protection and Built Heritage in India p.72, 7.2 Efforts Towards Protection of Built Heritage in the Contemporary Times p.73, 7.3 From Reality to Expectation p.75, Annexure 1: Database of the Legal Definition Related to the Built Heritage in Select Countries Across the Globe p.76, Bibliography p.85, Index p.91