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2021 ICC Rules of Arbitration: A new focus on efficiencies and streamlined processes

Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution, is a way to resolve disputes outside the courts. Rules of Arbitration are made to resolve the cross-border disputes questions by building a nonpartisan structure... Read more »

The contempt and mercy fallout: Revisiting the scales of adjudication

When judges/courts start a suo motu proceeding of contempt, they act as the prosecutor, the witness, and the judge, which makes it equivocal and solely at the discretion of the judges themselves... Read more »

Health Data Regulation in India

Rights of individuals under the ‘anticipated’ new regime Read more »

Absolute devotion, integrity and honesty are a sine qua non for every bank employee: SC

At a time when absolute devotion, integrity and honesty are really becoming a rare virtue, it would be most pertinent to note that the Supreme Court in a latest, landmark, laudable, learned... Read more »

ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019: A DICHOTOMY OF CONSUMER’S AND SELLER’S RIGHTS

Introduction: In the past decade due to the globalization and dynamic character of the market, relations between consumers and sellers have changed multi-fold. In the digital age, the E-Commerce market has eclipsed... Read more »

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND INDIGENEITY

In the last piece where I started a conversation on a civilizational approach to “blasphemy” in the context of Section 295A of the IPC, I had ended the piece with the following... Read more »

Measures needed for expeditious disposal of criminal appeals in which appellants are still in custody: Orissa High Court

The court has very rightly expressed its grave concerns pertaining to the inordinate delay in the disposal of the appeals. What is most pleasing to see is that the two-judge bench of... Read more »

Legislative coups & intricacies of anti-defection law

The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution in 1985 to disqualify those defectors who used to change parties to topple the government. When this practice became too frequent, Parliament passed anti-defection... Read more »

Punjab & Haryana HC sets aside moratorium imposed by Bar Council of India

The court has set aside the three-year moratorium imposed by the Bar Council of India on opening of new colleges as ultra vires of the Indian Constitution. Read more »

The curious case of artificial insemination and legitimacy provisions

The issue of foremost importance is up to what extent the test of legitimacy as laid down in Section 112 is justifiable in today’s times having several modern scientific developments such as... Read more »