Month: July 2015
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FATCA: Yet another weapon in India’s war against Tax Evasions and Black Money
By Shruti Sharma, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. The Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act, better known as FATCA, is an Act which was enacted in the year 2010 by the United States Congress; it can also be called as American Global Tax law. FATCA basically requires Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) to report to the Internal Revenue System…
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Implications of Competition Act, 2002 on Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions
By Apoorva Mandhani, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Cross border mergers and acquisitions have significantly increased over the past decade, fuelled by the era of globalization, as a response to the pressures of an increasingly consolidating world economy. Cross border mergers and acquisitions now pose as an elementary feature of the global business landscape.
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The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act: Recommendations and Solutions
By Aratrika Choudhuri, WBNUJS, Kolkata. As the second part of a two-article series on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, this article seeks to outline key solutions and enlist recommendations, that would ameliorate the shortcomings in the provisions and implementation of the Act (which have been investigated in an earlier article https://www.lexquest.in/protection-of-women-from-domestic-violence-act-a-critical-exegesis/). These recommendations…
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Political Parties under RTI: The only way out to fight corruption?
By Shruti Sharma, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. Right to Information Act, which replaced the erstwhile Freedom of Information Act, 2002, was passed by the Parliament on 15th June, 2005, but it came into force on 12th October 2005. The basic and foremost objective of bringing this act into force was to promote transparency and increase…
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Salary Revision for the Parliamentarians?
By Anjali Bisht, Law College Dehradun. The news that’s garnered hype nowadays is the proposed hike in the salary for the Members of the Parliament in India. There is no official statement yet given on the said proposal but, the “news” that’s making rounds in the Indian galore is that the Parliamentary panel has set forward a…
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Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty between India and Thailand
By Mohammad Anas, Aligarh Muslim University, Kerala. In order to write about what a Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty is, first let me throw some light upon the meaning of Double Taxation. Double Taxation occurs when an individual is required to pay two or more taxes for the same income, asset or financial transaction in different countries. It may…
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Same Sex Marriage: The India Scenario
By Vartika Aggarwal, Vivekanada Institute of Professional Studies. The term ‘homosexuality’ in the literal sense means, being sexually attracted to a person of the same sex as one’s own. Homosexuality entails, leading of life by an individual over which he/she has complete right as assigned to him/her by the Constitution of a nation, a right…
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The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013:Practically impactful or just impressive on paper?
By Shruti Sharma, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. RAPE- An offence which is defined under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It is punishable under Section 376 of the same with maximum punishment, which may extend up to life imprisonment plus fine. Rape is considered as the fourth most common crime against women in India.…
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Digital India Week
By Piyush Jain, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. Digital India, a flagship programme of the Government of India, aims to “transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”. The Digital India programme is transformational in nature and would ensure that Government services are available to citizens electronically. It would also bring in public…
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Does the U.S. Supreme Court Judgement Legalising Same Sex Marriages Matter to India?
By Hita M. Agarwal, WBNUJS, Kolkata. If you are one of the 1.5 billion Facebook users over the world, you could not have possibly missed out on vibgyor marked profile pictures over the course of last week. For the uninitiated, the facebook.com/celebratepride filter marked the Obergefell v. Hodges judgement, which legalised same-sex marriage in all fifty…