Category: Blog
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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…
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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…
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Role of Public Prosecutor: A Critical View in light of Jayalalitha’s Case
By Poonam Bera, Army Institute of Law, Mohali. “There existed unimpeachable evidence” and considering the seriousness of the offense if the conviction and sentence stayed, Jayalalitha may misuse the liberty, so he strongly opposed the suspension of sentence. But in the next hearing, the public prosecutor stated that “he has no objection for granting of…
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248th Law Commission Report: Salient Features
The 20th Law Commission of India in its 248th Report has recommended for a repeal of 72 obsolete laws. The recommendation of the repeal is given so the the new laws may meet the needs of the present society, economy and framework.
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The Saga of Sports and Law in India
Many facets encompass sports ranging from organizing, infrastructural and financial requirements, access of necessary paraphernalia, sponsorship to participation, broadcasting, popularising, building camaraderie amongst groups, clubs, entertainment and reflection of the public fervour and national as well as international representation. The sports field is amongst the rapidly increasing and emerging fields of growth in terms of…
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Telangana: History and Issues
Telangana was a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh and formerly was part of Hyderabad state, which was ruled by Nizam. Andhra Pradesh State has three main cultural regions namely, Telengana, Coastal Andhra region and Rayalaseema. The Telangana region has an area of 114,840 square kilometres and a population of 35,286,757 (2011 census),…
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Constitutionality of National Tax Tribunal in India
The proposal for the formation of NTT was initiated in late 1980’s by the ‘Arrears Committee’. It was during the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) regime in 2003 that the National Tax Tribunal Bills and ordinance came into existence.
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Mediation in India: Practical Indepth
Mediation, one of the settlement techniques under the alternate dispute resolution, is a party-centric process wherein a neutral third person, the mediator, exercising proper techniques aids in bringing the two or more disputing parties to an agreement on the matter concerning the parties. The mediators can’t impose an outcome or decision on the parties and…
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The Coalgate Scam
The Coalgate Scam was unearthed by the CAG report on allocations of coal blocks. CAG report alleged that a loss of Rs. 1.86 lakh crore was caused to the exchequer because of a non-transparent and discretionary allocation process. The beneficiaries of the scam are private players who have made windfall gains and have received highly…
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Internship Culture in India
By Mandavi Mehrotra, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. For all those young bloods who choose to burn the midnight oil and take internships for trade and vocational jobs, though even reluctantly when no stipends are given, serious questions of legitimacy and importance of internships/stages/work experience/industry experience pop up, especially in the Indian…