The Legal Perspective Of Gaming Laws In India

It is interesting to see that the game developers and gaming companies are taking the industry to different world and levels to show skills, but as lawyers unfortunately it has to be seen that whatever is being created is in compliance with law. It is extremely important for the gaming community to understand the laws regarding the gaming laws. The scaling worldwide computerized economy has given a boom to web-based gaming software globally. Extension of computerized impression because of...

No Criticism Culture!

If you criticize PM, you may be branded as anti-national, if you criticize government, you may be prosecuted for sedition, if you are Muslim and criticize government you may be declared as terrorist, if you criticize legislators, you may be liable for breach of privilege and if you criticize a judge, it becomes contempt of court. These attributes may be given a colour of Rule of Law but definitely cannot be the characteristics of a modern and progressive democratic republic. In 1950, we...

Tabletop Airports-Dangerous Or Redeemable? (A Legal Perspective)

With the recent accident in Calicut International Airport, Kozhikode (KIA), it is time that we introspect the safety measures in airports which have tricky runways. "Critical airfields" or performance-limited runways are often categorised in most airline SOPs as the airports with runways that are risky for take-off and landing operations. Hence, after a mandate by the DGCA, most airlines stress on the operations to be done by pilots trained and cleared for the same. The five tabletop...

RBI's Fair Practices Code For Asset Reconstruction Companies – A Respite Or Woe

Recently Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to adopt 'Fair Practices Code' so as to ensure transparency and fairness in their operation and issued guidelines on 16th July 2020. Most of the guidelines issued are practically already in use of ARCs in one form or the other, as the actions and non-actions are always the subject matter of judicial review. Our present study is confined mainly to the following two aspects, which have been...

Revised Guidelines Issued For Disposal Of Bio-Medical Waste During The Covid-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced the Indian Government to frame more stringent laws relating to disposal of Bio-medical waste. The Central Government under powers conferred by section 6, 8 and 25 published the Bio-medical Waste ManagementRules, 2016 vide notification No. G.S.R.343(E) on 28th March 2016. The same superseded the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 1998, except in respect of things done or omitted to be done before such supersession. The guidelines have...

Understanding Femicide

The World Health Organization defines 'Femicide' as the intentional murder of women solely for the reason that they are women. 'Femicide' is a hate crime term denoting the gender- based murder of a woman or a girl by a man [i] or in the context of a system made by males for the benefit of males in society. It need not be concentrated Genocide all at once but systematically perpetuated over generations. Though perpetrated against women for centuries, this term 'Femicide' was coined only in...

Cicero, Ersinke, Orwell, Prashant Bhushan: Speaking To Power And Its Consequences

Two thousand and ninety years ago, Marcus Tullius Cicero, the greatest lawyer this world has ever seen, rose to speak on behalf of the people of Sicily. This was a unique legal action under the Roman law. It was brought up by the subject peoples of Sicily, then a Roman colony, against Gaelus Verres, the Roman Governor of Sicily. Sicilians were prosecuting him for abusing his power conferred by the Roman Republic which culminating in his exile. The orations of Cicero against Verres are...

Inquisition By The Media: The Newsroom Is Not A Court Room

"It has been seen that when a certain case is in court, the media starts a parallel trial, which is not good…Let the court first decide on a matter, then the media can criticize it."[i] Soli J. Sorabjee India, like many other common law jurisdictions, has adopted an adversarial system that governs criminal procedure. The duty to prosecute vests with the State whilst the accused has got the right to defend himself against all the charges that have been levelled...

Reflections On Prime Minister's Tour Of Ayodhya

There has been a considerable debate on the proprieties of PM Modi`s visit to Ayodhaya to inaugurate the Construction of Ram Temple on the 5th of August. In my opinion to have a correct view on this one has to split the personality of PM Modi into that of a PM of the nation at large and that of Shri Modi as an individual believer. As an individual believer he has the freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion close to his heart. This is what Article 25 guarantees to the individual...

Consumer Protection In The Online Marketplace- An Analysis Of Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020

With the advent of the e-commerce industry, the relationship between a consumer and a seller has changed drastically, and so have the prevalent business practices in the market. Everything is now just a click away. However, this "e-revolution" comes with its own disadvantages. A major cause of consumer dissatisfaction is the rampant sale of counterfeit and spurious goods on various websites, with no guarantee of authenticity of the product. Further, in the event of failure of the...

Pandemic Induced Live-Streaming Of Supreme Court Proceedings: Ensuring Public Access To Courtrooms In The United States Of America

Introduction Amidst the unprecedented health and safety concerns posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court of the United States of America closed its doors to the public until further notice. The Supreme Court's closure is the first disease-related shuttering in over a century, with severely adverse consequences for the right of public access to courtrooms; a right that has remained deeply ingrained in the American constitutional experience and has assumed an even greater...

The Carrot And Stick Of Senior Designation – Do We Need It At The Stake Of Independence?

Background A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India seeking revocation of Mr. Dushyant Dave's designation as a Senior Advocate, in view of the arguments made by him defending Mr. Prashant Bhushan in the contempt proceedings initiated against him, suo-moto by the Supreme Court of India. The basis of the entire controversy revolves around the issue of a contempt proceeding against Mr. Prasanth Bhushan for his remarks, which as argued by Mr. Dave, was made by Mr....