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Coronavirus

15 Selfies a Day Keeps the Police Away: Legality of Steps to Combat COVID-19 in Karnataka

By Aditya Krishna Introduction The fight against COVID-19 in India has been severely stifled by individuals violating the quarantine and lockdown enforced. There have been many cases of people either absconding from quarantine centers (which have been criticized for being unhygienic and mismanaged) or disregarding their home quarantine.[1] In the wake of the ongoing global […]

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Coronavirus

Compulsory Licensing: A Promising method to combat Coronavirus

By Ananya Singh The patent regime in India ensures protection for certain inventions and as an implicit rule, also grants certain exclusive rights and privileges to the patentee with respect to his invention. This protection vests monopoly rights in the creator to use, manufacture, and sell his invention. The same provisions extend to pharmaceutical products […]

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Arbitration

Decoding Time Bound Arbitration in India: A Closer Look At Section 29A

By Ayush Mehta and Samkit Jain Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [“the Act”] lays down a time limit under which a tribunal is to render its award. In this article, the authors aim to discuss the problems which were present in the 2015 amendment and how effectively the 2019 amendment rectifies […]

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Securities

Rights Issue: A Tool for Circumvention of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011

By S Sivakumar Introduction The article presents an analysis of how promoters of listed entities use ‘Rights Issue’ to circumvent the regulatory mechanisms under the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulation, 2011(herein after referred to as the SAST Regulations).[1] Rights Issue increases the shareholding of the promoters without attracting the mandatory open offer […]

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Insolvency

Light at the end of the tunnel: How Jet Airways can avoid liquidation

By Rohin Goyal On 20th June 2019, one of India’s pioneer airlines which used to be “THE” airline in India, officially began the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process [“CIRP”] by order of the National Company Law Tribunal [“NCLT”], Mumbai [1]. Soon after, similar proceedings were initiated in Amsterdam as well [2]. Jet Airways has been plagued […]