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Liberalising the regime of Default Bail under 167(2) CrPC

The right to life and personal liberty enshrined in Article 21 is the sanctum sanctorum of the Indian Constitution. Law makers have given the highest priority to the personal liberty and deprivation of the... Read more »

The European origins of cultural coloniality

To use a pop culture reference, a form of inception was performed on the minds of the hitherto colonised so that colonialism and colonisation were no more external to their consciousness, but... Read more »

Analysis of the insolvency & bankruptcy (second amendment) bill, 2020

As per the Report of Reserve Bank of India’s report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2017-18(Crisil), Exactly three years later, the code was legislated, it has made material progress in addressing... Read more »

The status quo of criminal investigation in India: A cause for worry?

The Common Cause report on ‘Status of Policing in India, 2019’ reveals some shocking numbers. The report shows that police in India work at 77% of their sanctioned strength which is 3/4th... Read more »

Protection of whistleblowers in India: Myth versus reality

“The purpose of whistleblowing is to expose secret and wrongful acts by those in power to enable reform.” — Glenn Greenwald INTRODUCTION The term whistleblowing can be understood as raising our voice... Read more »

THE FALLACY OF PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION

Recently, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India ordered the removal of 48,000 slum dwellings around railway tracks in Delhi, affecting approximately 2,40,000 people. Prior to this order, the Apex Court and the... Read more »

Understanding IP through utility and incentive-based approach

In the previous piece, the author discussed how personality matters in intellectual property. The author relates to the personality theory giving Hegelian’s justification for intellectual property. The claim over the property by... Read more »

Untenability of the constitutional challenge to farm reform laws

The Union Government may have had to face political brickbats as a result of the radical changes introduced by way of The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020... Read more »

Impact of coronavirus and nationwide lockdown on the proceeding of IP in India

With the outbreak of Corona Pandemic and announcement of nationwide lockdown in the country on 23rd March 2020, the initial lockdown was from 23rd March 2020 to 14th April 2020 later seeing... Read more »

Bit by bit to a big leap: India and the ISDS reforms

The need for reforming the ITAs or the system of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is not unique to India. Many developing countries have time and again raised concerns against ISDS and opposed... Read more »
Karnataka HC Rejects Bail To Prajwal Revanna In Rape Case SC Rejects PIL Seeking To Replace Term ‘Hindutva’ With ‘Indian Constitutionalism’ SC Dismisses Plea Over Defence Production, Says Matter Of Govt. Policy SC Grants Bail To MLA Abbas Ansari In Money Laundering Case Delhi Court To Pass Order On Satyendar Jain’s Bail Plea On Friday