Category: Blog
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Call for Submissions: Working Document on Penal Laws’ Reform in India
‘The government has initiated the process of consultations with stakeholders for amending Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act, MoS (Home) Ajay Kumar Mishra today informed the RS.’ Link This is a call for submissions for recommendations you would like to make to the government panel working on…
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Drone Rules: A Human Rights Perspective
“The sky has no definite location. There can be no ownership of infinity, nor can equity prevent a supposed violation of an abstract conception.” – Judge Haney. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are aircrafts that can be controlled remotely by a pilot or autonomously by preprogrammed paths. Many industries and organizations adopt this technology,…
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The Draft Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 Explained
After receiving various complaints against the foreign e-commerce retailers operating in India, the Department of Consumer Affairs has notified new draft rules amending the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, to safeguard consumers’ interests and strengthen the regulatory regime of e-commerce. We have devised an explainer on the proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules,…
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Policy Advocacy: A collaborative and democratic approach to solving societal issues in India
Policies are clear plans about how a social, political, or economic vision will be achieved and how ideas will be implemented as actions. Policy advocacy can be defined as efforts taken by organizations or groups of individuals to promote a governmental policy and champion it with the help of resources such as groundwork, detailed research,…
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Deciphering the Status of the Electoral Bonds Scheme
As the country geared up for the State Assembly Elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry recently, a new wave of political rebuttal surfaced after the Supreme Court reserved its order on a plea that demanded a stay on the sale of electoral bonds. An electoral bond is a promissory note that…
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Matters of Legislation: Dynamics between the Centre and the States
Did you ever raise an eyebrow over the fact that India with its strong federal structure is not a federation? For a sovereign nation to be called a federation, the legislative powers between the Centre and the States need to be divided in an independent manner such that they remain within their sphere. Unlike the…
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The Anuradha Bhasin Judgment and the Conditional Status of the Right to the Internet
The preamble to the Indian Constitution provides for the liberty of thought and expression to each and every citizen of the country. This solemn resolve is envisaged in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution which provides for freedom of speech and expression to its citizens. This freedom is restricted by Article 19(2) which provides for reasonable…
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Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020: Widening the Purview of the Act
The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance was promulgated on 4th November 2020 by the President of India to ensure that all the stakeholders get an unconditional stay on the enforcement of arbitral awards where the Court finds out that the underlying agreement or the making of the award is induced by fraud or corruption and…
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Anti-Defection Law in India: A Long Road to Stability
To curb the menace of horse-trading or floor crossing or party defection by the legislators that gave rise to instability in the House and the government, the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution or the Anti-Defection Law was enacted in 1985. Under this law, a legislator can be disqualified from the house on grounds of defection.…
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Solving India’s Infrastructure Problem: Is NIIF the Answer?
The National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF) is an entity registered as a Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). It was established by the Government of India in the financial year 2015-16 under the former Minister of Finance, Arun Jaitley, with a planned corpus of Rs.…