Tag: USA
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U.S. funds Pakistan’s Projects: A setback to India’s Relations with the Western Hegemony
Yashika Jain, National Law University, Delhi. A recent move by the US to mobilise funds for the two major dams that Pakistan has been striving to build has left India unsettled. U.S. hailed this infrastructure project as Pakistan’s “smartest choice” for economic development and has pledged to extend its support in funding the same. The two dams, Diamer-Bhasha Dam…
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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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Marriage equality or a naturally sterile union: LGBT rights as decided upon by the Apex Court of U.S.A.
By Anaida Kuthiala, Army Institute of Law, Mohali. A swift torrent of change rose when the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges on 26 June, 2015 ruled, by a 5-to-4 vote that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states. This decision is a culmination of decades of litigation and thus…