Naimisa Madduri, NALSAR University in collaboration with IICA 1.1 Introduction Post covid era came as a financially volatile period for not only the public in general but also the big corporate players in the markets. The year 2022 witnessed several high-profile mergers including the takeover of twitter by Elon Musk, merger between Air India and Vistara, merger between PVR cinemas and INOX and the very favourite merger between Zomato and Blinkit. While a lot of these mergers

Neeraj Kumar, Department of Law, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana ABSTRACT Geographical Indications (GIs) are a significant category of intellectual property which guarantees products whose quality, reputation, or features are inseparably associated with a place of origin. The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, came to be enacted in India to protect traditional products, generate rural developm

Dr. Manpreet Kaur, Assistant Professor of Law, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. Ms. Bhavya Rai, B.A.L.L.B (Hons.), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. ABSTRACT The modern AI era is shaped by a central paradox, that while digital technologies empower nations to strengthen their digital sovereignty and reinforce intellectual property protections, these same legal frameworks can hinder global equity and restrict the realization of fundamental human r

Gunjan Grover, Chirayu Sharma & Sufiyan Abbasi, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University ABSTRACT The concept of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has rapidly transformed corporate law and practice in India. This article examines India’s evolving ESG regulatory framework and identifies critical gaps. Drawing on primary sources – from the Companies Act 2013 (CSR provisions) to recent SEBI and MCA regulations – zqand authoritative scholarship, it analyzes how India has tri

Shoaib Khan Afghan, BBA LL.B. (Hons), REVA University, School of Legal Studies, Bengaluru, Intern at Legal Aid Trust ABSTRACT The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 is one of the oldest laws in India dealing with guardianship and child custody. It was enacted during British rule to provide a legal framework for appointing guardians for minors and protecting their interests. Although the Act has remained in force for more than a century, Indian society has changed a great deal. Fam

Dr. Priyadarshi Nagda, Assistant Professor, University College of Law, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur Zibran Khan Pathan, Research Scholar, University College of Law, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. ABSTRACT Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has quietly upended the assumptions on which criminal evidence law was built. Systems capable of producing convincing synthetic audio, video, still images and written documents grouped here under the umbrella term "

Shafa Lilothia, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, Global College of Law ABSTRACT Sexual assault complainants who testify in adult criminal courts frequently describe the trial process itself, and cross-examination in particular, as more distressing than the original offense, a phenomenon researchers term secondary victimization. This paper offers a narrative review and conceptual analysis of trauma-informed judicial training as a strategy for reducing seco

Somya Singh, Advocate, Delhi High Court Citation: 2025 INSC 1333 | Special Reference No 1 of 2025 Court: Constitution Bench, Supreme Court of India Bench: CJI B.R. Gavai, JJ Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, P.S. Narasimha, A.S. Chandurkar Decided: 20 November 2025 I. INTRODUCTION When President Droupadi Murmu invoked Article 143 of the Constitution in May 2025 to seek the Supreme Court's advisory opinion on the powers of Governors and the President in relation to State Bills, she did

Jheel Nagori, Institute of Law, Nirma University ABSTRACT Relationship between technology and crime has undergone a = transformation during the era of digitalization. In addition to being used for discussion and reporting of crime, social media has made it possible for a criminal milieu to exist, whereby crime can be planned, organized and facilitated. Information available through social media has impacted victim selection, encryption has impacted planning of crimes, artific

Anjali, Department of Law, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India Akanksha, Department of Law, M.M.H. College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India ABSTRACT The suddenly growing digital technologies have had a major effect on the way children obtain access to education, communication and socialization and at the same time have afflicted them with unfamiliar digitally based forms of abuse and exploitation. Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Rudra Prasad Rimal, LLM (Criminal Law), Faculty of Law, ICFAI University, Gangtok, Sikkim. ABSTRACT The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) introduced an elevated standard for the admissibility of secondary electronic evidence. Section 63(4) read with the Schedule of the BSA, requires the litigants to submit a Part A certificate disclosing the cryptographic hash value and Part B certificate requires expert certification. The Supreme Court in Pune Bar Association v. Union

Aditya Sarkar, B.A. LL.B. (Hons), Bennett University, School of Law ABSTRACT The change in juvenile justice regime in post-Nirbhaya India is one of the most controversial changes in the modern constitutional criminal jurisprudence. The introduction of the preliminary assessment process in Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 represents a move away from the age-centered approach to juvenile responsibility and a new approach based on dev

Y Jivith Vasumaan, BBA LLB, PES University ABSTRACT Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 was introduced to address situations where consent to sexual intercourse is obtained through certain forms of deceit. Although the provision covers different kinds of deception, such as false promises of employment, promotion, marriage, or concealment of identity, discussions surrounding the section have largely focused on cases involving false promises of marriage. As a result

Insha Khan, HNLU (LLM 2025-26) ABSTRACT The regulation of gaming and gambling in India finds its roots in ‘the Public Gambling Act of 1867’, a colonial statute that prohibited gambling with a few exceptions in British India. Later, a clear distinction was created between a ‘game of skill’ and a ‘game of chance’; the former was allowed, and the latter was prohibited. This skill vs chance dichotomy shaped the Indian gaming laws for over a century. The judiciary has also played

Sai Ishwarya Siri, Woxsen University. ABSTRACT This paper aims to determine whether the Indian Constitution safeguards the right to privacy against the advances of artificial intelligence. Judicial recognition of the right to privacy in the Constitution through the landmark case Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, 2017 has created challenges in addressing novel forms of surveillance and discrimination enabled by AI technologies such as facial recognition, predictive po

Ayushi Mishra, Shambhunath Institute of Law, Prayagraj Sarthak Srivastava, Shambhunath Institute of Law, Prayagraj The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) introduced a time-bound, creditor-in-control Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) to replace India’s fragmented and slow pre-IBC insolvency framework. Experience and case laws, such as Vidarbha Industries on admission discretion and Rainbow Papers on the priority of government dues revealed serious legal an

Dr. Surendra Meena, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Madhav University, Pindwara, Sirohi, Rajasthan, India. Nachiketa Kodekar, Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, Madhav University, Pindwara, Sirohi, Rajasthan, India. ABSTRACT Custodial deaths and police violence remain among the most serious human rights concerns in India despite constitutional guarantees and statutory safeguards intended to protect the life and liberty of every individual. The issue raises fundamental que

Wasi Ullah, Research Scholar, Hamdard Institute of Legal Studies and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi ABSTRACT The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, distributes responsibility for children in conflict with law (CCL) across at least five statutory bodies: the Juvenile Justice Board, the Child Welfare Committee, the District Child Protection Unit, the Special Juvenile Police Unit, and the probation apparatus, each answerable to a different administ

Insha Khan, LL.M., Hidayatullah National Law University, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh ABSTRACT The Origin of trademarks can be traced back to ancient trade practices wherein symbols and marks were used to distinguish goods and ensure authenticity. Trademark was first statutorily recognised in the year 1940 when the Trademarks Act of 1940 was passed during British rule. Later, in order to comply with the TRIPS regulations, the Trademark Act of 1999 was passed, which is presently

Diya Gour, Bennett University ABSTRACT “Look at how conflicts are managed nowadays, and there has been a minor but observable change. Arbitration, something you could have only expected to find in large business transactions between companies, has gradually found its way into our lives and your bank account agreements, your food delivery application, and even your OTT subscriptions. And, frankly, most of us do not pay any heed to them. It would be wrong for it to be termed as

Diya Gour, Bennett University ABSTRACT This paper delves into the shifting legal perspectives on live-in relationships within the Indian context, evaluating how these partnerships are acknowledged under current family law provisions. Though Indian family law has long been rooted in the institution of marriage, more couples are now choosing to cohabit without formalizing their union, creating legal grey areas and societal challenges. The study closely reviews key court decisio

Vandita Sharma, Teaching at The Law School, University of Jammu, India ABSTRACT Hindu women have been discriminated since time immemorial in all spheres of life. This fact is well known that property rights have a profound impact on the national economy still disparity in property rights pertaining to gender, spells from ancient times. Gender analysis of Hindu law relating to a woman’s access to property within the home reveals a consistent pattern of subordination of women’s

Engani Chakradhar Babu, Aurora Higher Education and Research Academy, School of Law, Uppal - Hyderabad ABSTRACT Plea bargaining is a statutory mechanism through which an accused in certain criminal cases may seek a negotiated and court-supervised resolution by voluntarily pleading guilty in return for a more predictable and often reduced penal outcome. In India, the mechanism was formally introduced through Chapter XXI-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, inserted by th

Harshit Raj, BBA LLB, Amity University Patna, Bihar ABSTRACT The legal profession is known to be an honorable, disciplined and principled practice based on a foundation of integrity as well as control. Lately, the legal sector is experiencing some astonishing transformation as a result of quick technical development or evolution like document & contract automation, AI-driven research, evaluation online dispute resolution (ODR), cloud-based practice management, predictive anal