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Lakshadweep's Draft Regulations: A Constitutional Critique
Over the past few months, the Administrator of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep has introduced and sought comments on a set of draft regulations that have been heavily criticized. These draft regulations cover a range of particulars including a beef-ban, an archaic Goonda Act, a two-child policy for aspirants of panchayat posts, and a development authority act which...
Securitization of Financial Assets: A Potent Panacea To Non-performing Assets
With burgeoning of globalization & liberalization, there has been a paradigmatic shift in the role banks and other financial institutions in shaping Indian Economy. Banks & Financial institutions constitute the bedrock of any economy and, for any economy to realize its acme it must have a bolstered banking sector. Albeit in recent times perhaps just after the beginning of this...
Law On Reels: "Shores Of Silence" : The Quintessence Of Environmental Activism
"We humans have destroyed this planet and we are the only species who can fix it"It takes some doing to understand the common frailties we humans have as a community. We've been here, on the face of the earth, for around a couple hundred thousand years and we already consider the world as our fiefdom. Does it then give us the right to exploit species that have been thriving here for millions...
Copy-Paste Judgments: A Conundrum
Advent of devices which select text with a simple click and facilitate copying-pasting, has made its presence felt strongly in the legal system: both in the drafting by lawyers and judgments of the courts. This article examines the effect of copying of contents in a judgment without acknowledging its source. Generally, judgments rely on precedents, thereby strengthening the weight...
The Projections And Realities Of Vaccine Equity
The details projected by GoI on vaccination before Supreme Court in suo moto proceedings emitted optimism to combat the pandemic. However, a lot of these projections turned out to be off the record without accountability. For example, the projection that India would have more than 200 crores of vaccine doses to complete vaccination by year end is very welcome. But who says so, on what...
Artificial Intelligence: Challenging The Status Quo Of Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence has always faced challenges by innovations, socio-economic developments, and changes in the political landscape. However, as various aspects of life are increasingly involving artificial intelligence, jurisprudence now faces a few of the most complex challenges. The legal fraternity requires much better acquaintance with the technical space as the new policies that they...
How Image Text To Speech Conversion (ITTS) Technology Can Help Visually Impaired Voters Verify Their Votes
Section 11 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, states that the Election Commission of India and the State Election Commissions shall ensure that all polling stations are accessible to persons with disabilities and all materials related to the electoral process are easily understandable by and accessible to them. The aforesaid act was made to give effect to the...
LGBTQIA+ Rights In India: The Road Ahead
In March 2021, Oscar Davies, an English Barrister-at-law (called to the bar in 2018), became the first person known to be listed at Chambers in the U.K. with a gender-neutral honorific 'Mx', as opposed to being listed with the binary honorifics of 'Mr' or 'Ms'. Barrister Davies' action has stirred up the debate on gender issues and the societal ramifications of the lack of clear...
The Doctrine Of Waiver In Indian Contract Law
In any contract, there is always a possibility of certain subsequent events which may affect its performance. It may be a force majeure event, a result of contributory negligence, supply deficits, workforce issues, seasonal constraints, etc. faced by either or all parties. Broadly, the affected party(ies) have two options to enforce the right accrued to them, i.e. (1) Contractual Remedy,...
Fixation Of Seniority Between Direct Recruitment Employees And Promoted Employees
The issue relating to ascertaining the seniority in a post where employees are appointed both through direct recruitment and promotion from feeder post has evolved by a series of precedents. The Supreme Court through its bench of three judges in recent judgement in K. Meghachandra Singh and Ors. vs. Ningam Siro and Ors. (2020)5SCC689 categorically overruled the decision in Union of...
Drafting Non-Disclosure Agreements : A Legal Critique
Transfer and exchange of data lies at the very foundation of modern society. It constitutes the building block of any transaction that is a part of one's daily life. In today's fast paced world, brimming with rapidly involving complexity of commercial activities, the protection of data lies at the very heart of any transaction. The Non-Disclosure Agreement, or the NDA as it...
Institution Of 'Grand Jury' In USA
While the American Nation awaits the decision of the Supreme Court in the challenge to a Mississippi law restricting abortion rights in the case of Dobbs Vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization and the possibility of reversal of the historic case of Roe Vs Wade; in a relatively small yet, significant development the District Attorney of Manhattan, Cyrus Vance, has convened a...