By Shreya Shrivastava The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound economic impact across the globe. The entire industrial sector has come to a halt and unemployment claims are soaring high with an all-time low demand, courtesy of government-mandated restrictions. It is quite obvious that this resulting market will likely bring a rise in instances of […]
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Yash Raj and Smriti Shukla This post has been revised to properly acknowledge the contributions to the argument made by Dr. Vikas Kathuria. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs [“MCA”] in February 2020, released in the public domain, the Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020[1] [“the Bill”] based on the report submitted in July, 2019 by the Competition Law […]
By Aarya Deshpande and Sourabh Balwani Background The Indian e-commerce industry has seen phenomenal growth in the past few years and is expected to vitalise its accretion owing to broadening internet penetration and augmentation of smartphone users in the country. The growth of the e-commerce sector began in 2009, but has soared manifold since 2014, […]
By Dhruti Lunker and Isiri SD Introduction Acts of insider trading have been plaguing the securities market, thereby undermining its integrity and presenting an unfair and disadvantaged trading platform for the investors. SEBI under Sec. 12A of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act read with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of […]
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The Gendered Impact of Coronavirus
By Dhanishta Mittal “The fact that we do not have enough women in leadership roles in the context of decision-making on the response to this pandemic means that we are missing huge pieces of information, of experience and that impacts all.”[1] Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates inequalities for women, UN warns, THE GUARDIAN The COVID-19 pandemic has […]
By Mayur Kulkarni Background At a time when the State of Maharashtra struggles to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a constitutional crisis looms over Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, potentially forcing him to resign from his position. On November 28, 2019 Uddhav Thackeray took oath[1] as the Chief Minister, as the leader of the Maha Vikas […]
By Urshila Pandit Introduction Slow and sudden environmental changes brought about by climate change are forcibly displacing individuals to different countries due to the uninhabitable nature of such regions. The current scenario can be analysed utilising two legal instruments- the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 and Article 6 of the International Covenant […]
By Kritika Dobhal On November 29, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India [“RBI”] initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process [“CIRP”] against Dewan Housing Finance Limited [“DHFL”], making it the first Non-Banking Financial Companies [“NBFC”] to be brought within the ambit of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 [“IBC”]. This was made possible due to the Insolvency and […]
By Abhigyan Tripathi and Rishabh Chhabaria Introduction On December 31, 2019, China reported a number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province, leading to the identification of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). Over the course of four months, the virus has transmitted to various parts of the world, including India and has claimed over two lakh […]
By Abhishek Wadhawan Understanding the Debate The Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is an economic legislation enacted with the aim of helping distressed companies by balancing the interests of all stakeholders. But not all corporate debtors, private and government, can be treated as the same due to difference in objectives, mission, profits etc. The issue […]
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