Indian laws do not possess a supportive view of the death penalty and neither they deter it absolutely. A few instances like Section 121[Waging War against the State], Section 302[Murder], Section 364A [Kidnapping for Ransom] etc. and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code 1860, The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act 1987, NDPS Act 1985,
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In the recent times, the world has witnessed a rise in demand for corporate lawyers across the globe. With the advent of liberalization, globalization and digitalization, there has been an increase in cross-border trade and commerce, foreign investments, incorporation of entities, start-ups, joint venture, partnerships, e-commerce platforms, etc, for doing business in India. For the
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INTRODUCTION Revenge Porn means an act of sharing sexually explicit images or videos of another person without their consent. It is a non-consensual cyber-crime with the aim of causing a person distress or harm. It is also referred as non-consensual pornography. It includes materials that can be shared both online and offline by uploading to
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Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Priyanka Joshi, examining the liability of platforms like ShareChat for copyright infringement in view of the recent dispute between ShareChat and Lahiri Recording Company. Priyanka is the General Secretary at The Indian Music Industry (IMI), an association representing Indian music record companies.
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(This post has been authored by our intern, Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlights Divij wrote on the voluntary initiatives undertaken across the world for facilitating improved access to COVID-19 related IP. First, he provides insight into the ‘Open Covid Pledge’, which aims to grant a ‘royalty-free patent licence’ for
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Mayank Mishra joins Indus from JSA IndusLaw has hired Mayank Mishra as a disputes partner from J Sagar Associates (JSA) Delhi. Mishra specialises in corporate and commercial litigation. The 2004 NLIU Bhopal graduate had been at JSA since 2005 and was a salaried partner there. We have reached out to JSA for comment. According to
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Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by our Fellowship applicant, Anupriya Dhonchak on the recent ‘Genda Phool’ row involving the rapper Badshah. Anupriya is a 4th year law student at National Law University, Delhi. She’d written a guest post for us last month as well. Badshah’s Genda Phool Controversy:
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The Supreme Court Monday passed a slew of directions for all courts across the country to extensively use video-conferencing for judicial proceedings saying congregation of lawyers and litigants must be suspended to maintain social distancing amid coronavirus pandemic. Prior Facts: The top court has taken suo motu (on its own) cognizance of a letter written
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Right to property had been a Fundamental Right enshrined in the Indian constitution but after its amendment, it forms a constitutional right only. Property laws differ from state to state, the transfer of property falls under the concurrent list through there are exceptions to the same. Exceptions being agricultural land, registration of deeds and the
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Until the last century, courts used to deal with disputes between business partners in accordance with prevalent customs and usages. However, the provision of the Partnership was contained in the Indian Contract Act,1872. But those provisions were found unsatisfactory, thus repealed. As there is development in trade in India, the necessity of new legislation on
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