Faculty of Law, Manipal University Jaipur is organising a One-Week Nationwide Faculty Development Program on “Reconstructing Pedagogy in Indian Legal Education” from July 6 to July 11, 2026 in online mode. About the Organisers The Faculty Development Program is being organised by the Faculty of Law, Manipal University Jaipur, in collaboration with the Manipal University
... Continue Reading.Greenwashing as Securities Fraud: Exploring Liability for Misstatements in Sustainability Reporting
[Kamal Nambiar is a 3rd year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student and Shruti Ghosh is a 2nd year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] The integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) metrics into capital markets has made sustainability credentials a meaningful driver of investment decisions across several jurisdictions, including India. As ESG investment has
... Continue Reading.Can Sending a Photograph of a Question Paper on WhatsApp Attract Section 66E of the IT Act? Gujarat High Court Explains
The increasing dependence on smartphones has presented fresh challenges to examination authorities across the country. Cases involving candidates carrying mobile phones into examination halls, photographing question papers, and transmitting them through messaging applications are no longer uncommon. Such incidents raise concerns about the integrity of public examinations and often result in criminal proceedings. However, the
... Continue Reading.Can Morphing a Woman’s Image Ever Be Dismissed as a Harmless Prank?
A photograph once represented a memory. Today, with artificial intelligence, image-editing software, and social media, it can also become a weapon. Every day, women across the world discover that their photographs have been digitally altered into obscene or sexually explicit images without their knowledge. These fabricated images are uploaded to fake social media accounts, circulated
... Continue Reading.Suspicion Cannot Replace Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt in Murder Trials
The criminal justice system rests on a fundamental principle: every accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. This principle becomes even more significant in murder prosecutions based entirely on circumstantial evidence. Courts have consistently held that suspicion, however compelling, can never substitute legal proof. Reaffirming this settled position, the Delhi High Court,
... Continue Reading.The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 2
This is in continuation of Part 1 which dealt with the pre-independence history of Library Deposits and its Coupling/De-Coupling with Copyright! The scheme matured after independence. At a literacy rate near twelve per cent and in what the economist Malcolm Adiseshiah called a book famine, India enacted the Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Act of
... Continue Reading.The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 1
In 2024 the Union Government approved One Nation One Subscription, a scheme to fund national access to commercial journals at a reported cost of six thousand crore rupees over three years. The scheme funds access for the term of the payment. When the payment ends the public retains no copy of what was read. Praharsh
... Continue Reading.Internship Opportunity at TeamLease RegTech, Pune
🏢 Company: TeamLease RegTech 📍 Location: Remote / Hybrid- Pune (Shivaji Nagar). About the Internship :They are looking for law/public policy students with strong research and writing skills to work closely with our higher management. Eligibility :(i) Open to law students from all years of the 5-year or 3-year LL.B. programme.(ii) Good research and drafting skills, with
... Continue Reading.Black-box Medicine and Indian Patent Law: Why India’s Disclosure Framework Struggles with Black-box AI
As machine learning systems increasingly transform healthcare, patent law faces a fundamental challenge: how should it protect inventions whose inner workings even their creators cannot fully explain? Dr. Gunjan Chawla Arora and Nidhi Krishna examine how India’s patent framework grapples with the rise of “black-box” medical AI, and whether existing disclosure requirements are compatible with the realities
... Continue Reading.ISIL Announces Post-Graduate Diploma and Certificate Courses 2026 in International Law
The Indian Society of International Law announces Post-Graduate Diploma and Certificate Courses 2026 in International Law and allied fields. Interested candidates may check the course details, eligibility, schedule, last date for admission and contact details below. About the Institution The Indian Society of International Law is located at V. K. Krishna Menon Bhawan, 9 Bhagwan
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