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 […]
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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, […]
Abhishek Nidasanametla When the Knock Comes: What India’s Competition Regime Isn’t Ready For In recent years, competition authorities abroad have started to treat ‘obstruction’ during dawn raids (“raid”) as a standalone infringement. Very recently, in Finland, the Market Court upheld a fine of EUR 1.5 million against Attendo Suomi after an employee deleted WhatsApp messages and […]
Keshav Maheshwari Introduction: A Crisis of Confidence in a Cashless Revolution India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) stands as a monumental achievement in public digital infrastructure, a system that has dramatically lowered transaction costs and brought millions into the formal financial fold. However, a recent and unforeseen development threatens the very trust upon which this revolution […]
Lauren Prem I. Introduction Menstrual leave policy in short (MLP), a contemporary discussion, has been viewed by many legal practitioners, to take the form of a right. Prominent advocates throughout the country have associated the policy to derive its enactment force from article 14 of the Constitution which encapsulates the essence of treating equals equally […]
Kinjal Ahuja and Ashish Rawat “We cannot have a system, or even the appearance of system, where surveillance is secret, or where decisions are made about individuals by a Kafkaesque system of opaque and unreviewable decision-makers” – Reyna and Farley, 2006, p.43 Introduction India’s first dedicated data privacy law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, […]
Meghna Jain Introduction The digital age has transformed our world, not just in terms of human connection but also accessibility. This fast-paced, consumer-driven environment has seen the rise of subscription models, free trials, and auto-pay services, often offered through mobile apps. While these services offer convenience, they also present opportunities for manipulative design practices, commonly […]
Abhishek Kumar & Aditya Singh Raghuvanshi Introduction The burgeoning real estate sector in India, one of the most sought-after sectors for investment, has been a double-edged sword for homebuyers, with many enduring endless delays in receiving possession of their dream homes on account of failure by the real estate developers to promptly complete the project […]
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