What's The Lakshman Rekha For 124A?

The recent action of filing an FIR on charges of sedition by the Andhra Pradesh government against MP Raghurama Krishna Raju and also on news networks for airing such information reminds us of colonial period rule. The country that takes pride in being the biggest democracy ranks 142/180 in the World Press Freedom Index, and the fundamental right to seek and disseminate information through an independent press is under attack, and one of the perpetrators is unexpected – our very own leaders....

Call For Papers: CCI Journal On Competition Law And Policy

Call For Papers: CCI Journal On Competition Law And Policy The Competition commission of India is inviting original high-quality research papers, articles, case law and book reviews for publication in its journal on Competition Law and Policy. Theme: The journal would cover a wide range of related themes. However, research papers/...

Call For Papers: Comparative Constitutional Law And Administrative Law Journal [Submit By 15th August 2021]

Call For Papers: Comparative Constitutional Law And Administrative Law Journal [Submit By 15th August 2021] The Board of Editors is inviting submissions for Volume 6 Issue 1 of Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Journal ("CALQ"). CALQ attempts to initiate and foster academic dialogue concerning the subject of Administrative Law...

Call For Papers: NALSAR Student Law Review (NLSR)

The NALSAR Student Law Review (NLSR) is now accepting submissions for its upcoming Volume XVI. The NSLR is an annual, student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal that is the flagship publication of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India. It is indexed on Hein Online and SCC Online. The NSLR is committed to encouraging and enhancing the quality of...

Pandemic The Apocalypse(Laws To Rescue)

Wash your hands, stay inside the house, quarantine yourself and save yourselves and others life. People across the globe are facing this biological crisis, as we all are facing the destruction by the crowns of one single enemy i.e. COVID-19 which has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. Day after day we are listening...

Enlargement of Scope & Changed Judicial Contours of Section 138 NI Act Before SC's Ruling in M/s Laxmi Dyechem v. State of Gujarat

This extant academic exercise would endeavour to adumbrate and debunk the follies of strictly construing a penal provision as contained in Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 so as to accord the defaulters a lucrative incentive to elude conviction for dishonoring a cheque payable to discharge the legally enforceable debts or...

Scope of Section 11 (6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Arbitration xUnder the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the two guiding principles in appointment of arbitrator(s) are party autonomy and minimal court interference. Nonetheless, there are instances like Oyo Hotels and Homes Pvt. Ltd. vs. Rajan Tewari & Anr. where courts have initiated arbitral proceedings by intervention. S....

Now Two Indian Parties Can Choose Foreign Seated Arbitration Without Any Hesitation

Arbitration is based on the notion of party autonomy. When courts are asked to intervene in arbitration cases, they are expected to understand this. The sole motive behind this is to maintain the rights of the parties to settle their disputes by arbitration must be sustained. The Supreme Court time and again defended party autonomy and...

Statute Analysis: Arbitration And Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019

Arbitration is an instrument of dispute resolution which renders an "Arbitral award" by an unbiased/neutral person referred to as an "Arbitrator". The reason behind opting for such a mode for rendering justice is its approachability, time flexibility, and non-complexity in regards to the procedure. However, even after holding such central...

VIT-AP School Of Law Signs MoU With Alpha Partners

An MoU was signed between the VIT-AP School of Law (VSL), VIT-AP University and Alpha Partners, NCR of Delhi virtually on Tuesday. After signing the MoU, Dr S. V. Kota Reddy, Vice-Chancellor of VIT-AP University highlighted that the University is committed to create a Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security and Law and other centres of...

The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020: Constitutionality Of Section 8(1)

The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020, popularly known as the Love Jihad law, promulgated in November last year, raises several constitutional concerns. One such concern is the constitutionality of section 8(1), read with section 8(5). These provisions read together criminalise religious conversions...

WBNUJS Kolkata: Alumni Association Conducted Vaccination Drive

The Alumni Association of the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, along with their student-run Alumni Cell initiated a nationwide vaccination drive which started from the city of Bangalore on June 5, 2021. Members of the alumni and their families were vaccinated at Vikram Hospital on Miller Road in Central Bangalore....