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Redefining Compliance: SEBI’s Proposed Corporate Governance Framework For HVDLEs under LODR

Rishabh Raj Introduction Corporate governance in India has inherently been devised with equity-listed companies in mind. However, changes brought through debt instruments as a primary funding source have highlighted the urgent need for regulatory frameworks catering exclusively to high-value debt- listed entities (HVDLEs). The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which has taken notice […]

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Reforming Labour: Unveiling the Impact of India’s New Labour Codes on Indian Social Landscape

Yash Sharan and Abhishek Nande Introduction In July 2024, the Centre began efforts to implement the Labour Codes amidst the protests. The conundrum stems from the testing times of the COVID-19 pandemic when the trade unions of the nation wrote to the International Labour Organisation (“ILO”) regarding the government’s policy of suspension of the then-existing […]

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The Karnataka Gig Worker’s Protection Bill: Laudable Yet Conspicuously Imperfect

S.V. Ghopesh Introduction The Karnataka state government recently issued a draft of the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024, a rights-based bill that seeks to protect the rights of platform-based gig workers and places obligations on aggregators in relation to social security, occupational health, and safety of workers. It also acts […]

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Arbitrating Accountability: Addressing UN-Related Human Rights Violations through Arbitration

Siddhant Shinde The United Nations (UN) was established in 1945 in response to the Second World War with the objective of ‘prevention and removal of threats to peace’ and to ‘maintain international security’, by preventing war, protecting human rights and facilitating international cooperation. The 21st Century saw a broadening of the definition of ‘threats to […]