Sheetal Vasundhara & Viswajeet Chaudhary Introduction “The question to ask is whether the risk of travelling to space is worth the benefit. The answer is an unequivocal yes, but not only for the reasons usually touted by the space community: the need to explore, the scientific return, and the possibility of commercial profit. The most […]
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Simran Sidhu Introduction The Calcutta High Court’s ongoing matter of Sandip Kumar Mitra v. The State of West Bengal highlights the tensions between government employees and employees of state-owned corporations. Government employees are governed by central or state service rules, such as the West Bengal Service Rules (WBSR), whereas employees of corporations, like the West […]
Mahadev Krishnan and Nitin Pradhan Introduction In sports, a false start occurs when a runner jumps the gun (i.e., starts before the whistle) and is penalized accordingly. This principle is easy to understand: nobody should gain an unfair advantage by jumping the gun. The same logic applies in the realm of competition law. Gun jumping […]
Vansh Manuja Introduction Gig workers, a significant part of Indias current economy with the growing popularity of quick commerce platforms are often neglected by the corporate house as well as the legislative. With around 77 lakh (7.7 million) workers were engaged in the gig economy in 2021 expected to expand to 2.35 crore (23.5 million) […]
Gurkaranbir Singh The Supreme Court in Gayatri Balasamy v. ISG Novasoft Technologies Ltd., (“Gayatri Balasamy Judgment”) has now clarified the scope of judicial intervention in respect of modification of arbitral awards. The Court held that a court is empowered not only to set aside an arbitral award but also to modify or vary an arbitral […]
Radhika Gupta and Kanha Pandey PART I I. Introduction Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have been subject to widespread criticism on the ground that they prioritise business interests to such an extent that they often have adverse social consequences, such as job losses in traditional manufacturing sectors due to free imports, heightened poverty in developing countries, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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