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Protection of whistleblowers in India: A myth

A large number of whistleblowers have been RTI activists who believe that by doing this they can reform the government and end the malpractices that are present in the system. Read more »

Covid-19 and commercial leases: Exploring the unexplored route for invoking force majeure

The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly raised many complex questions of law in relation to the rights and obligations of parties when faced with substantial variation in circumstances in the context of which... Read more »

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: DEEPEST GASH IN THE HONOUR OF WOMEN

Ad infinitum, the first message a girl gathers about her body is that it is flawed – too fat or too thin, too dark or too freckled. But for some girls, the... Read more »

Surge in FGM amidst pandemic in Middle East, North Africa: Need for a coordinated approach

According to the UNFPA (July 2020 data), 98 percent of the women aged between 15 and 49 years has undergone FGM in Somalia and it is as high as 93 percent in... Read more »

BIT by BIT increase

It has been theorised that the cancellation of various BITs by India and the advent of sunset clauses in the same could see a large slew of arbitrations being initiated against the country... Read more »

The cruel cut: Female genital mutilation

FGM has always been a grave issue and will remain to be one until major steps are taken to cull it. This is not widely recognised as of yet but it will... Read more »

Public morality, public opinion and policymaking

In a 2007 paper titled ‘How Policymakers View Public Opinion’, Prof Francois Petry, a political scientist, presumed that in a democracy ‘there ought to be a high degree of harmony or congruence between... Read more »

Legislative policies regulating foreign subsidiaries in Indian startups

Government has thought of an extensive approach on empowering new businesses/startups in India through various strategies and guidelines such as the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing or Lending in Rupees) Regulations 2000, Foreign Exchange Management... Read more »

Emoji and IPR

The word ‘Emoji’ originally meant pictogram, which was an acting symbol to convey meaning with physical object usually seen in computer icons. Before Emoji, Emoticons were used to express feelings by using a combination... Read more »

Limitation under Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code: A tale of two judgements?

“…It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….” (Charles Dickens, a Tale of Two Cities, 1859) The Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was projected and portrayed as a... Read more »
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