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Composite Transaction Route To “Veritable Party”: Doctrine Still Finding Its Edges
Indian arbitration law has spent the last two years refining a single question when can a non-signatory be forced into or allowed to invoke an arbitration clause it never signed? The Constitution Bench in Cox and Kings Ltd. v. SAP India Pvt. Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1042, gave courts two distinct routes to answer this “group of companies” doctrine, which looks at corporate structure and conduct and the “composite transaction” doctrine which looks at whether a set of linked agreements forms a...
AIBE Open Book Exam That Is Anything But Cakewalk
Ask any law graduate what the easiest-sounding exam of their career was supposed to be, and many will say the All India Bar Examination. Open book, no negative marking, unlimited attempts and on paper, it glance like a formality. Ask the same graduates after they've actually sat for it, and the answer changes entirely from the perceived notion about it. For an assessmentt designed to be a threshold rather than a hurdle, the AIBE has quietly become one of the most debated tests in Indian legal...
Gendered Grammar Of Cultural Anxiety
There is something revealing about a society that can look at a brother and sister celebrating Raksha Bandhan and decide that the sister's outfit is the most urgent thing in the frame. GIVA's festive advertisement showed a in an ivory bralette-style blouse, tying a rakhi to her on-screen sibling and then to her dog. Actor Kangana Ranaut called it “intentionally creepy” and asked why someone would tie a rakhi to her brother wearing “bikini/undergarments”. She later widened her objection: where...
Explained | Controversy Surrounding UP Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar
From praising the UP Chief Minister and handing down 22 death sentences in nearly 5 months, Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar has repeatedly found himself at the centre of controversy.
$18 Billion Over Claims Of Harm To Children's Mental Health: Is It Still a Win for Meta ?
One of the largest child-safety settlements in the technology industry imposes significant changes on how social-media platforms are designed for young users. Yet its arithmetic, exclusions and competitive conditions suggest a carefully purchased escape from trial. Two truthful stories can be told about the settlement before the US Court, entered on 26 August 2026. First, American state attorneys-general forced one of the world's most profitable technology companies to accept age assurance,...
Why Institutional Memory, Administrative Continuity, Rule Of Law Matter For Effective Governance
Across India's administrative landscape, a quiet but persistent pattern defines governance. Each district functions as though it were a laboratory. A new officer arrives, studies familiar challenges, and launches a set of “innovations” to address them. Dashboards are created, monitoring mechanisms redesigned, grievance systems revamped, and flagship initiatives introduced with urgency and visibility. These efforts are often sincere and, at times, effective. Yet beneath this constant churn lies a...
Healthcare Reforms And Insurance Law- Judicial Analysis
Recent healthcare and regulatory reforms in India have fundamentally reshaped the legal landscape for health insurance providers by curtailing insurer discretion, expanding mandatory coverage obligations, and enforcing strict procedural compliance. Rooted in the constitutional expansion of the right to health under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and executed through statutory mandates under the Insurance Act, 1938 and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (IRDAI...
Institutionalizing Trust: Role Of Arbitration Council Of India
In lieu of the writ petition filed by the Anil Kalyandas Thanvi, the Supreme Court of India has sought a response from the Central Government regarding the establishment of an Arbitration Council of India (ACI). Although the provision for the establishment of said Council is provided for by the 2019 Amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, six years have passed without any affirmative action in this direction. The petition draws our attention to the lapses and issues that exist...
Was She “Victim” Enough? Perfect Victim Myth In Indian Rape Trials
On August 6, 2026, the Bombay High Court overturned the trial court's decision in State of Goa vs Tarunjit Tejpal 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 366 and found Tarunjit Tejpal guilty of rape. This decision was based on new evidence rather than outdated beliefs. The trial court had judged the survivor's credibility using an unspoken standard: a woman who does not fight back, leaves the attack scene instead of staying, and struggles to cope in the days that follow. Justice Gokhale labeled this standard a myth,...
When Artificial Intelligence Becomes Witness: Who Bears Responsibility For AI-Generated Evidence?
Testifying from memory, documents, or expert opinion have long been accepted as types of evidence in court. The third category is generated by AI — a product that resembles testimony, reads like a document and is confident of being an authority, but isn't in the law. A facial recognition match, a predictive policing risk score, a detection report of the ability to clone a voice, AI-generated CCTV footage and a generative reconstruction of a crime scene are increasingly being arresting items in...
Governance Challenges Under Proposed CIIRP Framework
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) was conceived as a time-bound, creditor-driven mechanism to preserve enterprise value and impose market discipline on distressed firms. Over time, however, the functioning of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (“CIRP”) has revealed structural stress. Admission delays, repeated adjournments, litigation at every stage, and information asymmetry between creditors and debtors have diluted the promise of speed. Empirical data published by the...