Lauren Prem I. Introduction The increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) and its impact on daily lives through social media integration, have posed difficulties in distinguishing between AI-generated content and reality-based content on social media platforms. This pervasive use has called for some form of regulation of AI-generated content to prevent misuse of the same. […]
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Pushpendra and Moazzam Hussain INTRODUCTION The distinction between capital and revenue expenditure is among the most enduring fault lines in Indian income-tax jurisprudence. This uncertainty becomes particularly acute in the context of non-compete fee which is a standard feature of corporate transactions. Non-compete covenants are commercially pivotal as they preserve deal value by preventing the […]
Himanshu Yadav Insolvency Beyond Rescue: Engineering Opacity at the Intersection of Competition and Resolution Law The discourse relating to the interface between the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been plagued mainly by procedural impediments, long timelines, sequential clearance requirements and lapses in corporate defence mechanisms. Practitioners look […]
Himanshu Yadav Introduction Courts have long relied on the doctrine of res judicata to ensure finality in adjudication and to protect the judicial process from repetitive litigation. Res judicata, however, is not a single rule, but an umbrella concept encompassing various distinct legal principles. An overemphasis on the label risks obscuring the substantive content and […]
Barbara Prem Section 438(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), formerly Section 397(2) of the CrPC, bars the revision of interlocutory orders to prevent trial delays. However, inconsistent judicial application of the ‘intermediate order’ doctrine, established in Madhu Limaye v. State of Maharashtra, has created a classification crisis. By miscategorising crucial mid-trial orders […]
Riyan Paul Mathew Abstract The DPDP Act 2023, envisioned to fill the legal lacunae on digital privacy, falls largely short of its statement of objects and reasons. By carving out three tiered exemptions for governmental activity, covering national security and public order, criminal investigation, and statistical research, and removing meaningful timelines for the erasure or […]
Shivangi Nawalkha & Shreshtha Saha Ray In Part I, we examined how recall jurisdiction, though conceived as a narrow corrective safeguard, has increasingly been deployed as a strategic instrument of delay in insolvency proceedings. Part II builds on that diagnosis by examining the jurisprudential boundaries of recall and articulating a principled reform framework. Case Studies […]
Shivangi Nawalkha & Shreshtha Saha Ray Introduction The power of the National Company Law Tribunal’s (“NCLT”) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (“NCLAT”) power to recall their own orders is a blunt yet indispensable judicial instrument. It operates as a corrective safeguard to prevent the miscarriage of justice, to nullify orders procured by fraud or […]
Purvi Singla I. Introduction In a world that increasingly boasts of an overwhelming workload and long hours, Kerala has charted a different course to protect its workers. Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first speech, quoted ‘Reject the term work-life balance, just work’ and asked citizens to work like a horse. This […]
Vishwas Goud & Sujeeth Madasu Introduction India’s Nuclear Energy Framework is undergoing a historic transformation with the introduction of the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Act, 2025 (“the Act”). The Act consolidates and amends existing Nuclear Laws, provides statutory authority to the nuclear regulator, and modifies the liability regime to […]
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