#FromPolicyToPeople: Reclaiming tribal land rights, one stone at a time
In this series, we try to assess the consequences of laws on the people they are intended for. How do laws, framed in Delhi, impact people in the corners of India? Do people understand laws framed for...
View ArticleThe Commercial Courts Act, 2015: Bridging the gap between Promise and Reality
Ajit Warrier “Rules of procedure are not by themselves an end, but are a means to achieve the ends of justice, and the tools forged are not intended as hurdles to obstruct the pathway to...
View ArticleShould homebuyers be given liquidation preference under IBC?
Sakal Bhushan The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment Ordinance), 2018 was promulgated by the President of India on June 6, 2018. Its preamble mentions its object “to balance the interests of...
View ArticleLaw Commission’s recommendations on Changes in Personal Laws: A Critique
Satyajeet A Desai A recent report of the Law Commission of India, which essentially started off as an endeavour to consider yet another attempt to have a Uniform Civil Code, ultimately ended with the...
View Article[Column]: The Becoming Health Data Legal Regime in India
Shruti Vats Introduction Digitalization has and continues to build a parallel virtual world but what is catching up is the regulation of the same. As rightly remarked in the Srikrishna Committee’s...
View ArticleLegalTech: The future of legal services in India
Anu Chowdhry The legal ecosystem is witnessing a fundamental shift with service delivery models being transformed at a pace never seen before. If investment activity is a strong indicator of the scale...
View ArticleWhy the Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court could be crucial
Nearly a year ago, on May 17, 2018, the Supreme Court of India was privy to one of the most significant cases in recent history. Though the case has largely been forgotten, the interim order passed in...
View ArticleCentre amends NCLT Rules for specifying Class Action Suit thresholds
The Central Government has amended Rule 84 of the National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016 to further specify the thresholds required for filing Class Action Suits. The National Company Law Tribunal...
View ArticleMediated Settlements: The Way Ahead for India
Sahil Kanuga and Raj Panchmatia Dispute resolution in India has been the matter of much consternation. One is wary of approaching the courts, due to its lengthy and time-consuming process as well as...
View ArticleLaw-Making without Lawyers? Only 4% of legislators elected to the 17th Lok...
Somasekhar Sundaresan The dust has settled. After a bruising campaign, law-makers have been elected to the 17th Lok Sabha. It is time to examine what the composition of the Lower House means for the...
View ArticleDharma and Adharma: The Draft National Education Policy
Vishavjeet Chaudhary The recently published Draft National Education Policy notes, "India’s development in the 21st century...will depend crucially on our ability to strengthen institutional frameworks...
View ArticleSection 66A: When a celebrated judgment cannot be implemented by the police
Shobha Gupta Freedom of speech is one of the most cherished fundamental right guaranteed by our Constitution. The Supreme Court of India has reiterated the importance of freedom of speech and...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2019: Overview of Income Tax Proposals
Amit Singhania Tabled by the country’s first woman finance minister, Modi Government’s full Union Budget for 2019-2020 is special to India’s fiscal history and, needless to say, the budget did not...
View ArticleGod is in the Details: SEBI and RBI Powers in Finance Bill 2019
Sumit Agrawal In the recent Budget Speech, the Hon’ble Finance Minister proposed various measures including those to further increase foreign investor participation in Indian capital markets and to...
View ArticleCourting Controversy: Increasing judicial strength alone will not end...
Nakul Dewan There are two parts of the judicial reforms chapter titled Ending Matsyanyaya in the Union Government’s recent Economic Survey 2019 that cannot be criticised. The first is the statement...
View ArticleRTI Amendment: Breaking the Backbone of Information Commissioners
M Sridhar Acharyulu & Yashovardhan Azad The Union Government’s plan to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act, is mainly to alter the salary structure and tenure of Information Commissioners and...
View ArticleTDS from cash withdrawals under Section 194N of the Income Tax Act:...
Dr. Ashok Saraf The Union Finance Minister in the budget presented on July 5, 2019 had proposed 2% tax deduction at source (TDS) on one crore cash withdrawal from “an account” to discourage high value...
View ArticleIntermediary Liability under the Information Technology Act: Time for an...
Malvika Kapila Kalra The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently published a draft of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2018 and invited comments/counter...
View ArticleAnti-Defection Laws in India: Its flaws and its falls
S Sanal Kumar Baffling is the political turmoil in Karnataka. The eventful roller coaster ride of political events is over with the fall of the Congress-JD(S) government and the crowning of Yediyurappa...
View ArticleOnly 40% district courts have functional washrooms: Vidhi report on judicial...
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has come out with a report highlighting the lapses in judicial infrastructure in district courts across the country. Titled Building Better Courts: Surveying the...
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