Koushiik Kumar Introduction The expansion of digital legal databases has transformed judicial records into globally accessible repositories. This development, while democratising access, has also raised sharp questions of privacy. In Karthick Theodore v. Registrar General (2024), the Madras High Court directed Indian Kanoon to remove a judgment revealing the petitioner’s name and intimate details, despite […]
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Divey Pratap Singh Rana Introduction In the case of Independent Sugar Corporation Ltd v. Girish Sriram Juneja, three judge bench of supreme court pronounced a judgement in ratio 2:1 which ruled that the approval of a Resolution Plan (RP) from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) must be taken prior to the approval of the […]
Sejal Sahu and Anenya Sinha Introduction In the recent judgement of Hyeoksoo Son v. Moon June Seok & Anr., the Supreme Court (SC) emphasized that “the rule of law has a responsibility to protect the investments of foreign investors”. While reiterating that the accused had a right to a fair trial, the SC expressed a […]
Manya Gupta Introduction In June 2025, amid escalating hostilities with Israel, the Iranian government declared a near-total internet blackout, cutting off around 97% of the country’s digital connectivity for thirteen days. Officials claimed the move was necessary to prevent further intrusions after an anti-Iranian group, reportedly with Israeli ties, breached Iran’s state-owned bank Sepah and […]
Abhishek Nidasanametla When the Knock Comes: What India’s Competition Regime Isn’t Ready For In recent years, competition authorities abroad have started to treat ‘obstruction’ during dawn raids (“raid”) as a standalone infringement. Very recently, in Finland, the Market Court upheld a fine of EUR 1.5 million against Attendo Suomi after an employee deleted WhatsApp messages and […]
Keshav Maheshwari Introduction: A Crisis of Confidence in a Cashless Revolution India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) stands as a monumental achievement in public digital infrastructure, a system that has dramatically lowered transaction costs and brought millions into the formal financial fold. However, a recent and unforeseen development threatens the very trust upon which this revolution […]
Varun Pandey Introduction The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, was enacted in both Houses of Parliament following a period of vigorous discussion and partisan conflict. It signifies a substantial reform within the Waqf administration in India. Although it implements many initiatives for inclusivity and administrative reform, it simultaneously centralises governmental authority and diminishes the independence of […]
Lauren Prem I. Introduction Menstrual leave policy in short (MLP), a contemporary discussion, has been viewed by many legal practitioners, to take the form of a right. Prominent advocates throughout the country have associated the policy to derive its enactment force from article 14 of the Constitution which encapsulates the essence of treating equals equally […]
Parth Chhapolia Introduction The intersection of copyright and design protection in India has long been on a murky terrain, particularly in industrial innovation, where artistic duties frequently take a functional format. Section 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (“the Act”) defines the ambit and extent of a copyright, whereas Section 15(2) of the Act states […]
Kinjal Ahuja and Ashish Rawat “We cannot have a system, or even the appearance of system, where surveillance is secret, or where decisions are made about individuals by a Kafkaesque system of opaque and unreviewable decision-makers” – Reyna and Farley, 2006, p.43 Introduction India’s first dedicated data privacy law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, […]
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