Synthetic Media And Legal Quagmires: Unveiling Deep Fakes In The Indian Legal Context

The media landscape is currently experiencing a profound transformation due to the introduction of AI-generated content, marking an imminent shift in both media production and consumption. The creation of media has transcended physical boundaries, evolving into a fully digital process,allowing for innovative approaches to content generation. This newly evolved media known as 'Synthetic media' encompasses a broad spectrum of techniques involving the creation, alteration, and manipulation...

Hague Convention On The Service Abroad, 1965: Litigation And Explanation

The Hague Service Convention must be embraced and upheld in order to preserve a cohesive legal system, advance cross-border legal certainty, and eventually fortify the basis of international legal relations. When the plaintiff files a lawsuit, the defendant must be notified that a lawsuit has been filed against him and that he must appear in court to defend it. Technically, the intimation that the defendant receives from the court is referred to as 'summons'. According to the Oxford...

Finfluencers And The Mandate Of Registration: The Way Forward

The year of 2023 witnessed a series of crackdown by SEBI on financial influencers, or Finfluencers i.e., individual or group of individuals who provide financial advices on social media. Notable individuals like PR Sundar, Mohammad Nasiruddin Ansari (operating as "Baap of Chart"), and Gunjan Verma faced stringent actions for spreading false and misleading information, resultantly, leading the public to make misguided investment decisions. It is pertinent to note, in India, providing...

Harmonizing Horizons: Unravelling Digital Lending Regulations in a Global Context

Driven by technical improvements and improved internet access, digital lending is on the rise in India with the goal of improving financial inclusion. Although digital lending offers a practical substitute for traditional banking, the lack of a complete regulatory framework has led to unregulated behaviour in this sector. Several occurrences have brought attention to the risks involved in unregulated digital lending. Recently, a Bengaluru engineering student committed himself in as a...

Homebuyers' Quandary Over IBC And RERA

The world's most populous nation, India, has seen significant expansion in the real estate market due to rising housing demand, particularly in urban regions. The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 was introduced by the Indian government to protect the rights of allottees or homebuyers.[1] The purpose of this Act is to control the real estate industry and provide equitable procedures, prompt information exchange, and settlement of conflicts between purchasers and...

The Lost Cubicle: Reassessing Work-From-Home Paradigms In The Post-Pandemic World

Work From Home ('WFH') or remote work is the practice of working from one's residence or any other location which is not one's official workplace. Often interchangeably used with the term 'telework', WFH is a subset thereof, as the former also includes the work performed while travelling. During the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home emerged as the predominant mode of professional engagement and productivity, with all sectors save essential services switching to remote working patterns....

Why Recent Criminal Law Reforms Might Not Fast-Track Justice in India

Mere enactment of a new set of laws and overemphasis on the use of emerging innovative technological solutions will not bring any miraculous change in the Indian Criminal Justice System if these underlying challenges are not addressed. The law serves as a powerful catalyst for societal transformation and acts as a dynamic tool capable of shaping the very fabric of our communities. Criminal law in particular plays a crucial role in adapting the legal system to the evolving needs of...

Group Of Companies' Doctrine & Impact On Public Share-Holders

The Supreme Court's recent judgment in Cox & Kings Ltd. v SAP India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr., has laid the permanent foundation of the Group of Companies' doctrine to enable a non-signatory to become a 'party' to an arbitration. This doctrine has increasingly become important in the context of arbitration of commercial disputes relating to large companies, most of which are publicly listed and invariably organize their business into a web of other group companies handling different...

Arbitrability Of Competition Law Disputes In India

The Competition Act does not specifically incorporate arbitration as a means of resolving antitrust law conflicts. This principle was further underscored in the Union of India v. Competition Commission of India.[1] The Delhi High Court interjected in this issue, ultimately dismissing the argument presented by the parties that the dispute could be brought before an arbitral tribunal. The Court's decision firmly stated that the entitlement to initiate either an information or a legal...

Empowering Marginalized Communities: Enhancing Legal Awareness To Combat Domestic Violence In India

Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of behavior that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner1. One of the largest populations of domestic violence victims in the world resides in India2. It is a social problem that permeates through all socio-economic strata of the country, but its occurrence is particularly acute among impoverished and illiterate households3, as well as those residing in urban slums4. These demographic groups - collectively addressed as...

The Art Of Writing Judgment [Part-I]

Prefatory remarks: The crafting of judgments is an art. Neither the sheer length nor the weight of a judgment, nor its brevity, are an index of its quality. Some judgments despite reproducing the entire pleadings copiously and often repeatedly, extracting oral and documentary evidence in exasperating detail, and cataloguing or extracting precedents cited in painful and avoidable prolixity, simply conclude that some evidence is accepted, while others are not; some judgments are ...

Balancing Innovation And Rights: Evaluating India's Telecommunications Act Of 2023

India's telecom sector has undergone a significant transformation from its early days governed by outdated laws like the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885[1], the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1933[2], and the Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act of 1950[3]. The recent repeal of the 1950 Act in 2023 is a key move in updating the sector's regulations. These old laws were essential in their time, shaping communication through coded messages on wires. However, as technology evolved,...