Artificial Intelligence and Real Personhood
Nay, nay, I say! This cannot be, that machines should e’er surpass our art. We are the masters, them the slaves, and thus it ever shall...
Sarthak Das & Gayatri Sawant
Jan 8, 2023
Resolving the Liability Dilemma in AI Caused Harms
Introduction The death of a Japanese worker by a robot in 1981 was one of a kind robotics accident that prompted fear that humans shall...
Shriya Singh & Aditi Anup
Jan 6, 2023
Metaverse: An Unregulated Parallel Digital Universe
Introduction The Metaverse is an advanced parallel digital universe, developed on the idea of augmentation of reality by transforming...
Paridhi Gupta
Jan 3, 2023
Strategizing the Current Regulatory Framework in Censoring Online Streaming Services in India
Introduction The online video streaming market in India is now developing at a compound annual growth rate of 22% , due to decreased...
Aanjul Dalela
Dec 31, 2022
The Need for Startup Law Clinics in India
Introduction A Startup is a company in its nascent stage that is founded to develop a new or unique product, service, or dimension to an...
Dr. Kalpeshkumar L. Gupta & Ria Bansal
Dec 30, 2022
Legal Personhood for AI: A Possible Key for Unlocking Human-AI Symbiosis?
Introduction Blake Lemoine, an engineer at Google LLC, recently claimed that LaMDA , the company’s new artificial intelligence program,...
Yash Choudhary
Dec 28, 2022
Mind the Gap: Psychiatry, Neuroscience & Lacunae in the Insanity Defence
‘My friend!’ I exclaimed, ‘man is but man; and, whatever be the extent of his reasoning powers, they are of little avail when passion...
Deb Ganapathy & Sarthak Sahoo
Dec 24, 2022
Regulating Shape Marks in India: The Threshold of Secondary Meaning Continues to Hold Good
Setting the Scene: Trademark Laws in India The statutory Indian trademarks law dates back to 1860 . Previously, numerous issues with...
Ms. Niharika Salar
Dec 15, 2022
“To See and Percieve”– Gender Representation in Advertisements
Disclaimer – the author is using a narrow definition of “gender” limiting within its ambit only men and women. Introduction There is no...
Ms. Chaitali Wadhwa
Nov 13, 2022
Creation of Progeny as a Fundamental Right to the Prisoner: An Evolving Jurisprudence
Introduction Conjugal right is an acknowledged intrinsic right of a married couple in society and contains within itself the right of a...
Kamlesh
Nov 8, 2022
Archaic Application of the Hearsay Rule to Electronic Evidence
Introduction Technology consistently presents unprecedented challenges to our legal system. The law must be sufficiently fluid in this...
Debmalya Biswas
Nov 3, 2022
Mandating Mediation: India's Learnings from the Italian Experience
Introduction The debate on mandatory mediation has come to the fore again, with India as the hotspot. In response to the massive 4.7...
Aaryan Dhasmana
Oct 21, 2022
The Fading Contours of Presumption of Innocence: PMLA and the Supreme Court's Dilemma
After the recent dismissal of Zakia Jafri’s petition by the Supreme Court, some of the world’s leading scholars urged it to review its...
Shaharyaar Shahardar
Sep 24, 2022
Academic Imperialism and Universal Academic Accessiblity : Echoes from the Global South
Of Contextuality and Association Geographical specificity plays a pivotal role in shaping our understanding. Seasons have different...
Swati Singh Parmar
Aug 27, 2022
Re-Affirming Rarest of Rare
Introduction In a significant development, the Supreme Court of India has instituted a suo moto writ petition to look into the awarding...
Manuraj Shunmugasundaram
Aug 9, 2022
Interim Reliefs Against Third Parties under Indian Arbitration Law
Introduction Much scholarly ink has been spent on the 2015 [1] and 2019 [2] amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [...
Antony R. Julian
Aug 9, 2022
Too Taxing to Regulate But Not to Tax?: Analysing the Fate of Cryptocurrencies in India
Introduction Recently, Dubai passed a Virtual Asset Regulation Law (“VAL”) to regulate the digital assets industry. With this...
Ridhi Gupta & B. D. Rao Kundan
Aug 2, 2022
Unbridled Digital Platform Markets in India
Introduction In today’s Global World, there is no existence without connecting to data through various modes like, mobiles, e-commerce...
Kondaiah Jonnalagadda
Jul 21, 2022
The Martens Clause and its Indictment of Autonomous Weapons System
Introduction “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” – Isaac Asimov The Laws of...
Paritoshvir Singh Baath & Shagnik Mukherjea
Jul 18, 2022
The Test of Essential Religious Practices: A Huge Burdens on the Backs of our Judicary
“It is time that the Constitution is allowed to speak as it can only do: in a forthright manner as a compact of governance, for today...
Pranav Sharma & Jugaad Singh
Jun 1, 2022
Law of Precedent and Applicability of Inversion Test
Introduction According to some, the roots of the doctrine of precedent can be traced back to the text of Mahabharata which mentions,...
Pallavi Pratap
May 17, 2022
Exploring the Limitation of Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code
Introduction Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code (“CPC”) is an integral statutory provision that equips the court to ensure justice...
Anika Kumar & Ichchhit Goswami
May 8, 2022
Sniffing the “Admissibilty” of Sniffer Dogs: A Comparative Analysis
Introduction A common procedure and technique which is often resorted to by the investigation authorities are to deploy sniffer dogs/...
Digvijay Sahni
Apr 30, 2022
Encryptions and Privacy: Two Faces of the Same Coin
Introduction From the Snowden leaks in 2013 to the more contemporary revelations of the use of Pegasus Spyware by nation-states...
Kabir Singh
Apr 23, 2022