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  • National Laws on Free Speech and the Internet

    By Sanya Darakhshan Kishwar, Central University of Bihar, Gaya. “Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties” — John Milton But stop and think a while is it all to give full freedom of speech and expression to a person or citizen. Is it correct…

  • Should Astrology based TV Shows be Banned?

    By Ahona Chakrabarty, KIIT School Of Law, Bhubaneswar. Astrology is based on the belief that astronomical phenomenon are related and affects or controls phenomenon of the human world. Various civilizations have developed several systems for predicting terrestrial events from celestial observations. In the West, astrology most often consists of a system of horoscopes purporting to explain aspects…

  • Protectionism instead of Facilitation, Indian Stand at WTO: How far justified?

    By Sudipta Bhowmik, KIIT School Of Law, Bhubaneswar. Behind the extremely technical debate within the WTO, what is at stake above all are models of agricultural development.[1] -Dr. Bruno Losch  “Trade can be a powerful force for growth and poverty reduction. Countries that have increased the share of trade in their GDP have grown faster and reduced…

  • Piercing of Corporate Veil

    By Palak Pathak. Piercing the corporate veil describes a legal decision to treat the rights or duties of a corporation as the rights or liabilities of its shareholders or directors. Usually a corporation is treated as a separate legal person, who is solely responsible for the debts it incurs and the sole beneficiary of the…

  • Criminal Defamation: Need for a paradigm shift

    By Anjali Rawat, RMLNLU, Lucknow. Defamation generally can be defined as publication of a statement which lowers or deteriorates the reputation of an individual in the eyes of the society which results in bad treatment of that individual by the members of society in ways such as avoiding or shunning. Defamation is of two types-…

  • Women in Rural India: Prospects and Challenges

    By Deepali Bagla, Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. India is a country of villages as the majority of its population lives in villages and far-flung remote areas. The interesting aspect is that every region of the country though connected with the cities now; however, still possesses its own peculiar traditional ethos. Also most of the…

  • SEBI steals a march on Sahara

    By Swatilekha Chakraborty, Symbiosis Law School,Pune. Remarkable role of SEBI in the SEBI Sahara legal dispute The role of SEBI as an investor protection agency is truly a remarkable. The jurisdiction granted to it under Sec. 55A of the Companies Act and Sec. 11 of the SEBI Act had been contended by Sahara, and was negated by…

  • Competition Law and Public Procurement

    By Archit Gupta, National Law Institute University, Bhopal. Governments devote a large share of taxpayers’ money to public procurement – purchasing goods and services from road building to school textbooks. Besides the central ministries and departments, public sector enterprises also form a major share in the overall public procurements. According to a paper by the Competition…

  • An Expository Analysis of One Person Company Concept: Is it an Arrow shot in the Dark or is it Serving its Purpose?

    By Aashna Jain, National Law University, Jodhpur. The 1956 Act had been in need of a substantial revamp for quite some time to make it more contemporary and relevant to corporates, regulators and other stakeholders in India. The Companies Act, 2013 brought the much needed changes in the corporate arena. Amongst those major changes, the introduction of…

  • Honour Killing: Honourable or a licence to kill?

    By Sagarika Chandel, KIIT School Of Law, Bhubaneswar. November 15th 2014, a final year student from a reputed college of Delhi University strangulated to death by her parents for marrying a youth of a different caste. November 29th 2014, an eight months pregnant teenager strangulated to death by her brothers and thrown into a canal in…