Legally Speaking Desk

Tax policy in the wake of Covid-19

Tax laws should be drafted to address concerns of a large proportion of honest taxpayers instead of focusing on the…

4 years ago

Legal education in India: Will Covid-19 act as a catalyst for reforms?

Technology has enabled students in remote areas to access resource persons, literature and opportunities of internships online.

4 years ago

Contract labour: The Covid impact

The concept of contract labour is covered by the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 (“CLARA”) which deems a…

4 years ago

Banking business continuity and much ado about force majeure in the times of the coronavirus

Even before the pandemic began, many sectors were already stressed and doomsday predictions of recession were looming over economies all…

4 years ago

GENERATION RIGHT IN COVID-19

We needed an awakening, far from the madding crowds is where we needed to be. I wish it would have…

4 years ago

Covid-19 and commercial contracts: Is force majeure invocation the panacea or another pandemic?

It must be established that Covid-19 caused the failure to perform a contractual obligation. Just the cover of the disease’s…

5 years ago

Determining ‘complex fraud’ and arbitrability of disputes

After the implementation of Act of 1996, the issue regarding arbitrability of disputes where allegations of fraud were raised, came…

18 years ago

Review contracts before seeking relief under force majeure

Infrastructure and development projects usually have these clauses to cover for delays and cost overruns.

23 years ago