Month: February 2021

’21 Week 8 (19/02 – 25/02)

Greetings! This week has seen significant developments in the legal arena with the notification of the latest OTT regulations in India to the enactment of the New Media Law in Australia.
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Antitrust

EU’S Continuing Saga of Investigating Amazon’s Antitrust Practices

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date February 23, 2021
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Arjun Chakladar & Devanshi Prasad Introduction The European Union Commission (the Commission) has recently resolved to investigate allegations relating to anti-competitive practices undertaken by Amazon.com Inc. The Commission’s investigation and its various allegations will have significant effect on various antitrust practices and domestic jurisprudences across the world. The inquiry stems from the dual role played […]

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’21 Week 7 (11/02 – 18/02)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date February 21, 2021
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Hello! This past week has seen several developments ranging from the Supreme Court stating that Trial Courts cannot impose life imprisonment to the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal passing judgment on 9 Liberation War prisoners. Happy Reading!

Tags aggravating factors, Anti-Balaka, Antitrust, Apple, Apple App Store, Asia Internet Coalition, Australia, Bail, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War, Central African Republic, Code of Criminal Procedure, compounding offences, Crimes against Humanity, CrPC, Custodial violence, Cyber Security Bill, Defamation, Epic Games, EU, fine, Good Faith, grievous hurt, ICC, International Crimes Tribunal, Jharkhand High Court, legal heirs, legal principles, Liberation War, life imprisonment, M J Akbar, MeToo Movement, Murder, Myanmar, Nigerian Oil Spill, Okpabi v Shell, Police Brutality, Priya Ramani, PTC II, remainder of life, Section 302, sexual harassment, Shell oil spill, Supreme Court, UK, UK Supreme Court, United Kingdom, Victim Compensation, Vishaka guidelines, War Crimes, work place

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’21 – Week 6 (04/02- 11/02)

Post author By Poorvi Yerrapureddy
Post date February 14, 2021
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Greetings! This week our updates look at decisions ranging from the Madras HC’s ruling on HRC recommendations to the ICC’s ruling on jurisdiction over crimes committed in Palestine. Happy Reading!

Tags Article 370, Bankruptcy, binding, China, Coast Guard Law, contextual interpretation, corporate insolvency resolution proceedings, Crimes against Humanity, Criminal Defences, discretion, Divorce, Duress, East China Sea, ECS, Family Law, Freedom of Navigation, Genocide, Human Rights, IBC Ordinance, ICC, Individual Criminal Responsibility, Insolvency, International Environmental Law, IPC, Jammu and Kashmir, Japan, Jurisdiction, Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice M R Shah, Kerala High COurt, Madras High Court, Murder, Mutual Consent, object and purpose, operational debts, Premeditation, Protection of Human Rights Act, Rajya Sabha, recommendations, Reorganisation Act, retrospective application, Rome Statute, Stressed assets, Sudden Provocation, Supreme Court, Uganda, Uighur, UNCLOS, United Kingdom, United Nations General Assembly, United States, Use of Force at Sea, War Crimes, Xinjiang

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’21 Week 5 ( 28/01- 03/02)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date February 7, 2021
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This week has witnessed several developments! We travel to Delhi, Australia, Portugal and Congo to explore developments in a variety of areas including public law, international criminal law and media law! Happy Reading!