Action and Inaction: Addressing the Dichotomy in Executive Response to Hate Crime and Sedition
Introduction The Kedar Nath ruling [1] of the Supreme Court (‘SC’), while upholding the constitutional validity of Section 124A...
Rishabh Chhabaria & Deb Ganapathy
Sep 7, 2021
Re-Strengthening the Rights of the Users – A Positive Endeavour
Introduction The recent decision of the US Supreme Court in the Google v. Oracle [i] (hereinafter referred as “ the Google decision ”)...
Dr. Yashomati Ghosh & Ridhi Gupta
Sep 6, 2021
The Reader: A Maze of Guilt and Morality
“ Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and...
Ishant Kumar Sharma
Aug 16, 2021
Military Exercises by Other States in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone & the Law of the Sea (Part 2)
Military Exercises in the EEZ and the Law of the Sea Convention Law of the Sea Convention does not directly address the issue of military...
Dr. Srinivas Burra & Pranav Agarwal
Aug 14, 2021
Military Exercises by Other States in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone & the Law of the Sea (Part 1)
One of the crucial issues of the law of the sea which attains attention intermittently post the adoption of the United Nations Convention...
Dr. Srinivas Burra & Pranav Agarwal
Aug 13, 2021
Cannabis Decriminalisation in India
Introduction A 2018 survey authorised by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE), and conducted by National Drug Dependence...
Prof. (Dr.) Khagesh Gautam & Madhvi Wadhawan
Jul 27, 2021
SC of India on Minority Education Institutions Regarding Students’ Admission & Medium of Instruction
The constitution of India provides that the minority communities are entitled to establish educational institutions of their choice. This...
Dr. P.S. Munawar Hussain & Anjali Mehrotra
Jul 17, 2021
SC of India on Minority Educational Institutions Regarding Recognition and Affiliation
The Constitution of India through Article 30 empowers the minority communities to establish and administer educational institutions of...
Dr. P.S. Munawar Hussain & Anjali Mehrotra
Jul 16, 2021
The Problematic Possibility of Re-Criminalization of Adultery for the Armed Forces
Introduction In January 2021, the Supreme Court of India admitted an application [1] by the Central Government to reconsider the...
Dr. Rangin Pallav Tripathy & Shristi Sharma
Jun 29, 2021
Economic Assets v. Non-economic Assets - Arriving at the Politics of Traditional Knowledge (Part 1)
The full title of this article is "ECONOMIC ASSETS VERSUS NON-ECONOMIC ASSETS– HOW HAVE WE ARRIVED HERE IN THE POLITICS OF TRADITIONAL...
Dr. Shambhu Prasad Chakrabarty & Malveka Nautiyal
Jun 26, 2021
Economic Assets v. Non-economic Assets - Arriving in the Politics of Traditional Knowledge (Part 2)
The full title of this article is "ECONOMIC ASSETS VERSUS NON-ECONOMIC ASSETS– HOW HAVE WE ARRIVED HERE IN THE POLITICS OF TRADITIONAL...
Dr. Shambhu Prasad Chakrabarty & Malveka Nautiyal
Jun 26, 2021
The In(Dependent) Director: India’s Relentless Corporate Governance Battle
Introduction Independent Directors as ‘conscience-keepers of the Board’ [i] are an indispensable tool for India’s corporate landscape...
Rahi Dhuvad
Jun 15, 2021
Investment for Implementing National Food Security Act, 2013: With a Special Focus on Children
Introduction India, a land with a variety of cultures and food systems, has failed to ensure its children are provided with all the...
Shruthi Raman & Sneha Singh
Jun 12, 2021
Legal Paradigm Shift in Corporate Governance with the Introduction of Artificial Intelligence
Introduction Before we understand the functioning of AI in corporate boardrooms, it is imperative to discuss the role of the Board of...
Yashaswi Belani & Jash Botadra
Jun 11, 2021
The Tata-Mistry Judgment: An Imaginary Paradox in the Duties of the Directors
Introduction The Supreme Court recently put an end to a four-year-long corporate battle between the Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry in...
Vishesh Gupta
Jun 9, 2021
Can Black and White Make “Green”?
Introduction Climate change is the reverberation of human activities motivated by self-interest over the past few centuries. It is...
Anubhab Sarkar & Ananya Singh
Jun 5, 2021
Boardroom Gender Diversity: Assessing the Effectiveness of Mandatory Quotas
Introduction In the epoch of Covid-19, where work is solitary, the need for an inclusive and diversified culture in an organization is...
Vidisha Mishra & Utsarga Dash
Jun 3, 2021
Strengthening Governance: An Assessment of the Institution of Independent Directors
Introduction Corporate Governance, an almost outlandish subject till a few decades ago, has become the most important part of the...
Gauransh Gaur & Aniket A. Panchal
May 28, 2021
Why the CPTPP Needs Reconsideration in Order to Advance the Cause
Introduction In 2016, the world was witness to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“ TPP ”), a multi-lateral free trade agreement...
Neil Chatterjee
May 21, 2021
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Kaleidosopic View
Introduction Growing population, increasing economic and social inequities, and above all, pervasive environmental degradation is...
R K Mishra & Kiranmai
May 19, 2021
Weaponising Criminal Law as Political Rhetoric: The Menace of Unprincipled Criminalisation
Introduction One of the central purposes of law, if not the preponderant purpose, is to regulate human behaviour. This the law does by...
Shraddha Chaudhary
May 6, 2021
The Challenges Related to the Biological Weapons Convention
Introduction Biological weapons have remained a contentious issue since the last century with the advancement in biotechnology and...
Karan Dhall
Apr 27, 2021
Court Design and Access to Justice
At a recent event, Vidhi Centre for Law and Policy released a report on Re-Imagining Consumer Forums: Introducing a Spatial Design...
Dr. Aditya Sondhi
Apr 23, 2021
Implications of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021
Introduction The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”) in India has been a subject of continuous piecemeal amendments in a bid...
Shubham Joshi
Apr 20, 2021