Did OSH Code 2020 Create An Impossible Registration Deadline?

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 ("OSH Code") came into force on 21 November 2025[1]. The Ministry published the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 ("Central Rules") on 9 May 2026[2]. The OSH Code requires every establishment to which it applies to obtain registration. This may fairly be described as the first and most fundamental compliance step under the Code, since no other obligation under it can ordinarily be discharged...

Non-Conventional Trade Marks In India

NON-CONVENTIONAL TRADE MARKSBusinesses and consumer behavior worldwide in the present day have evolved rapidly with technological advancements. The marketing, promotional, and branding systems have completely changed in the modern world due to the increase in competition from new startups and the rise in the use of IoT and digital media by consumers. Digital media has played a major role in consumer behavior, contributing to the transition from conventional trademarks to non-conventional...

ILO'S Convention For Platform Workers: Analysing India's Abstention And Its Implications

In a recent landmark move, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted, on June 12, 2026, the Convention concerning decent work in the platform economy (C No.193), the first of its kind to protect gig workers. The Convention establishes binding minimum-wage, occupational safety, and social-security standards for digital platform workers and was adopted by a recorded vote of 406 delegates in favour, 8 against, and 36 abstentions.[1] However, in a move consistent with India's historical...

Gender Neutrality In Personal Laws: A Critical Analysis

The idea of having personal laws that are gender neutral is often linked to the idea of equality as stated in the constitution. However, the idea of gender neutrality in personal laws is much more complex and contested. In India, the demand for gender neutrality in personal laws emerges from the conflict between the constitution and the personal laws of the communities. While it seems simple and straightforward to argue for gender neutrality in personal laws, such as ensuring the law does not...

Sixteen Documents And Still A Foreigner: Aminul Hoque And Quiet Cruelty Of Reverse Burden

When a State asks a citizen to prove that he belongs, it should be honest about what it is really asking. In Aminul Hoque v. Union of India, decided by a Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court on 30 June 2026, a daily wage labourer from Goalpara placed sixteen documents on record, produced his own father in the witness box, and was still held to be a foreigner. The judgment is, on every point of law, orthodox. That is precisely what makes it worth reading closely, because it shows how a body...

Can Monetary Compensation Restore Dignity Lost Due To Illegal Detentions?

The recent judgement of Allahabad High Court in the case of Mansoor Ahmad @ Lallu and another vs State of U.P. & Chander Pal Singh v State of UP (2026) relating to preventive detention in Uttar Pradesh has highlighted the issue of narrow police power, meant for prevention of cognizable offences has become a tool of misuse and humiliation. As per the records placed before the court, Prayagraj Commissionerate shows 283 preventive detentions in the year 2024 which increased to 1,321 in...

Clean Slate, Dirty Data: Does IBC's Resolution Framework Extinguish Data Protection Board Penalties?

With the introduction of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules in late 2025, India's data protection enforcement era has now formally begun. For the first time, entities that mishandle personal data will face real regulatory consequences, penalties of up to INR 250 crores per breach under Section 33 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”). Yet a very substantial and critical question still remains unaddressed and that is what happens to a pending Data Protection Board...

Open Justice, Informational Privacy And Judicial Anonymisation - Emerging Framework In India

Open justice has traditionally required courts to function in public view, ensuring accountability and public confidence in the administration of justice. However, the digital transformation of judicial records has fundamentally altered the consequences of open justice. As a result of the growing presence of court websites, search engines, and legal databases, judicial records have become permanently available on the digital space. As a consequence, participation in litigation may expose an...

Greatest Rivals Of Tennis Expose Grand Illusion Of Success

We are taught from a young age that to live well is to win. In sports, in corporate boardrooms, in creative fields, and across almost every human occupation, the world operates on a simple, ruthless binary that there is the person at the top, and there is everyone else. Society feeds on the narrative of the rivalry. We love the clash of titans, the stark contrast of opposites, the drama of two forces colliding for a singular crown. Rivalry is praised as the ultimate moving force which acts as...

Kerala High Court's Obsession With Removing Lines And Shades From Court Documents

The march towards digital justice is one of the most welcome reforms in the Indian judicial system. Electronic filing has reduced travel, saved paper, accelerated access to records and made litigation more efficient than ever before. No member of the Bar would quarrel with the need for discipline in digital filing. Documents must be legible. Pages must be properly oriented. Records must be complete. These are not mere technicalities but are essential to the orderly administration of justice. ...

Written Statements And Limitation: A Tale Of Two Regimes Under Civil And Commercial Law

Pleading is the foundation of litigation. In a suit, the plaintiff files a plaint setting forth the relevant facts and the relief sought by him, which is defended by the defendant by filing/presenting a written statement of his defence. Both plaint and also written statement are included within the broad expression of “pleading” [Order 6 Rule 1]. In order to bring about timeliness in disposal of suits, the legislature has been making certain changes in the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) from...

Arrest Under GST Act: Supreme Court Clarifies Law Protecting Human Dignity

Arrest of a person is not only violative of Article 21 of the Constitution which affirms the right to life and liberty but is also a loss of human dignity in the family and society. Courts have held that the power of arrest should be used with great circumspection and not casually. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in Radhika Agarwal V. Union of India and Others, Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 336 OF 2018 has stipulated sufficient safeguards so that no arrests are made arbitrarily in GST cases.How an...