RGNUL STUDENT RESEARCH REVIEW

Introduction The resident doctors in India often face systemic exploitation and inhumane working conditions. Despite forming a crucial backbone of the healthcare system, their labour and work remain significantly undervalued. Hospital systems are often understaffed and underdeveloped, with an overwhelming patient load due to India’s large population. As a result, all clerical and non-clerical work falls directly under the supervision of the resident doctors. The average worki

Introduction Traditionally, anti-discrimination law has relied on a complaints-led model to redress discrimination. This model requires the victim to identify an act of discrimination and take it to an adjudicatory body to attract a compensatory remedy. On the other hand, a competing emergent model for remedies is that of positive duties on the state to redress discrimination. Positive duties are proactive rather than reactive, aiming to identify and redress unlawful discrim

Introduction Recent regulatory interventions, including the amendment concerning Synthetically Generated Information , the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s advisory on unlawful and obscene content , and the evolving understanding of ‘reasonable efforts’ under the intermediary liability framework, reflect a broader shift toward heightened compliance expectations within India’s platform governance regime. While each of these measures has been analysed indi

Introduction The history of judgment-writing and the authorship of judgments is enamoured with differing and often intersecting behavioural patterns witnessed across the globe. Broadly, the authorship format of a judgment has historically conformed to two formats – Seriatim  and Per Curiam , though the terms as such came to be associated formally much later. India traditionally mirrors the seriatim format adopted from the United Kingdom, crafting judgments that curate and a

Introduction Smart speakers have swiftly evolved from being novelty consumer gadgets to becoming a staple in many homes. In fact, as of 2025, there are over 8.4 billion voice assistant devices in use worldwide , which exceeds even the global population. India follows this pattern very closely. Nearly 20.9% of Indian consumers  own smart speakers, and the Indian market is expected to reach $14 billion over the next ten years . These numbers suggest that voice assistants have e

Introduction In the midst of the ongoing Apple App Store  abuse of dominance proceedings, Apple has filed a petition  before the Delhi High Court, challenging the constitutionality of the Competition Commission of India (Determination of Monetary Penalty) Guidelines, 2024   (‘Guidelines’). Apple contends that, according to the Guidelines, the allegations against the multinational corporation in the app store market could result in penalties of around USD 38 billion to be imp