Legally Speaking

Ban on Chinese investments: Should India bother about Bilateral Investment Treaty?

22 Jul 2020 05:54 AM IST

Currently, many Chinese companies have an investment in India either in manufacturing like Oppo or Haier or passive investment in various new technology businesses like Byju and Ola.

Special Situation Funds: Bailing out India’s stuck housing projects

22 Jul 2020 05:53 AM IST

With many housing projects stuck due to legal troubles arising out of financial disputes, Special Situation Funds may be a sunrise opportunity.

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019: An overview

21 Jul 2020 06:01 AM IST

The key provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, have come into force on July 20, 2020. The Act received the assent of the President of India and was published in the official gazette on August 09, 2019, which replaced the three decade old Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Act

Capturing the Volatilities of Goods & Services Tax

21 Jul 2020 06:01 AM IST

GST is a new legislation however, its development has spanned over two decades which steals its novelty. Despite years of planning and designing, the Act is still evolving and improvising. The new challenges which are staring in the eye of the system concerning GST and its day-to-day implementation are being

Stab in the dark? Need for sentencing guidelines in India

20 Jul 2020 05:24 AM IST

Sentencing in the criminal justice system is perhaps the most important exercise in the criminal justice process. It is one where all functionaries (as defined by the Code of Criminal Procedure) as well as the victim and the convict take centre stage. In many ways it is the culmination of

APP ki Adalat: India’s app ban and the global trade debate

18 Jul 2020 06:29 AM IST

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology vide its Press Release dated 29th June 2020 banned 59 mobile applications invoking Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009. These provisions

Labour reforms during Covid-19: A critical analysis

18 Jul 2020 06:27 AM IST

Analysing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on economy, investments and labour.

The Sree Padmanabhaswamy verdict: A case for Indic civilisational identity

17 Jul 2020 05:49 AM IST

Every successor of Sree Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma abided by this tradition, including when the Princely State of Travancore acceded to the Indian Union in 1949 under the stewardship of the then king Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who signed the instrument of accession as the Sree Padmanabhadasa.

Enrica Lexie Case: A study

16 Jul 2020 05:18 AM IST

The much-awaited Final award of the Enrica Lexie (also known as the Italian Marine case) is out, while the marines remain in Italy. On February 15, 2012, when the fishing boat ‘St. Antony’ set sail from Neendakara harbor in Kollam district in Kerala, little did the fishermen aboard it anticipate

Mandatory mediation: A solution to pendency, ‘commercial disputes’

16 Jul 2020 05:18 AM IST

The growing cost of litigation and arbitration and consumption of time due to overcrowded court lists led to a search for quicker dispute resolution processes all across the world. Mediation is one such process which is often attempted to amicably settle the disputes before litigation or arbitration. In the third

Attachment under Prevention of Money-Laundering Act

15 Jul 2020 06:19 AM IST

The PML Act was enacted in order to address the issue of money-laundering which was spreading like wildfire across the entire fabric of the nation at the turn of the new millennium.

Digitalised serving of summons: The need for legislative reform in India

15 Jul 2020 06:18 AM IST

With the advent of digital transformation, the insemination of information through fast, reliable and accessible mode of Internet has become more reachable than humans. We live within the contours of the internet because it makes our work easy to do and also far more effective and result oriented. Considering the