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 […]
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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 […]
Swedha Prakash I. Introduction Large-scale infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly significant, driven by government efforts to boost the economy, such as the National Infrastructure Pipeline (“NIP”), which has allocated an ambitious ₹108 trillion for various projects. Public-Private Partnerships (“PPP”s) have played a crucial role in this commitment to building a strong foundation for sustainable growth […]
Nachiketa Narain & Aredla Praneet Reddy Introduction “Bail is the rule, jail is the exception” is what the division bench of the Supreme Court of India (SC), ruled in Prem Prakash v. Union of India (Prem Prakash) pertaining to bail provision under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). It is pertinent to note that […]
Divyam Shresth Sinha Introduction Criminal prosecution of a big corporation results in profusion of problems in the economic landscape of a country. Therefore, countries worldwide are willing to enter into Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) with these corporates. Various countries follow different approaches in their DPA regime. The present paper briefly analyzes the DPA regimes across […]
Debangana Nag and Sudha Ganesh Introduction The key purpose of a prison is to reform and rehabilitate the prisoners and make them responsible citizens of a nation. However, the reality on the ground emphasises that what is practised in our prisons is the theory of retribution and deterrence. The adverse conditions during long periods of […]
Aaditi Anand Sinha Introduction While discourse on Witness Protection Scheme has seen another development, with Assam drafting its own Scheme under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 [“BNSS”], there is hardly any discussion on an equally important aspect–compensation provided to the witnesses for their statements although courts have reiterated its importance time and again. Mere safety […]
Rhea L Vinay Introduction ‘Citizenship,’ in India, has been awarded through Part II of the Indian Constitution and the Citizenship Act of 1955. While not ingrained as fundamental right under Part III of the Constitution, it has been recognized as a legal right/ claim conferred upon individuals that are deemed citizens of the country. It […]
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 […]
Rahul Ranjan A 2022 judgment, Deepak Sethi v. State of Uttarakhand (‘Sethi’), seems to have gone unnoticed by many observers, but potentially opens up questions about the guidelines given in the case of Satender Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation (‘Antil’) for Category A offences. The Sethi judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court categorically observed […]
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