Year: 2014

  • SEBI steals a march on Sahara

    By Swatilekha Chakraborty, Symbiosis Law School,Pune. Remarkable role of SEBI in the SEBI Sahara legal dispute The role of SEBI as an investor protection agency is truly a remarkable. The jurisdiction granted to it under Sec. 55A of the Companies Act and Sec. 11 of the SEBI Act had been contended by Sahara, and was negated by…

  • Competition Law and Public Procurement

    By Archit Gupta, National Law Institute University, Bhopal. Governments devote a large share of taxpayers’ money to public procurement – purchasing goods and services from road building to school textbooks. Besides the central ministries and departments, public sector enterprises also form a major share in the overall public procurements. According to a paper by the Competition…

  • An Expository Analysis of One Person Company Concept: Is it an Arrow shot in the Dark or is it Serving its Purpose?

    By Aashna Jain, National Law University, Jodhpur. The 1956 Act had been in need of a substantial revamp for quite some time to make it more contemporary and relevant to corporates, regulators and other stakeholders in India. The Companies Act, 2013 brought the much needed changes in the corporate arena. Amongst those major changes, the introduction of…

  • Honour Killing: Honourable or a licence to kill?

    By Sagarika Chandel, KIIT School Of Law, Bhubaneswar. November 15th 2014, a final year student from a reputed college of Delhi University strangulated to death by her parents for marrying a youth of a different caste. November 29th 2014, an eight months pregnant teenager strangulated to death by her brothers and thrown into a canal in…

  • Role of Public Prosecutor: A Critical View in light of Jayalalitha’s Case

    By Poonam Bera, Army Institute of Law, Mohali. “There existed unimpeachable evidence” and considering the seriousness of the offense if the conviction and sentence stayed, Jayalalitha may misuse the liberty, so he strongly opposed the suspension of sentence. But in the next hearing, the public prosecutor stated that “he has no objection for granting of…

  • NALSA v UoI: Critical Analysis

    The Supreme Court of India passed a landmark judgment on Transgender rights in April, this year. The Judgment was a long due acknowledgment of the rights of the Transgender in the nation. This judgment plays an essential role in the furtherance of the cause of Transgender and will help in removal of the stigma attached to…

  • Online Course on Cyber Law

    Online Course on Cyber Law

    Computers, and technology in general, have now become an integral and indispensable part of any professional, commercial and industrial activity. The development of information technology continues to give rise to novel and complex legal problems related to the use of internet and computers. Cyber Law is the branch of law that helps regulate cyber space and…

  • Water Policy in India: A Review

    Water is the most precious resource on earth still it remains a myth to our existence, being one of the most abundant resources on earth but less than 1 percent of the total supply is reliably available for human consumption. Portable-water is essential for human survival but water-related illnesses are the most common health threat…

  • Child Labour in India

    “When my mother died I was very young, and my father sold me while yet my tongue could scarcely cry “Weep! Weep! Weep! Weep!”, so your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep.”[1]                                           …

  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Report: A Critical Analysis

    Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has issued guidelines and protocols for the medico-legal care of survivors or victims of sexual violence. By the introduction of these guidelines the need for the uniformity in approach, treatment and documentation procedures in case of sexual offences may be fulfilled.