Soneera Mangesh Pokale, ILS Law College, Pune Pranav Ankush Jadhav, ILS Law College, Pune Introduction Imagine a situation where social media platforms can lose their statutory immunity not for violating laws or non-compliance with a court order, but rather for the reason that they do not comply with an executive recommendation. The Draft Information Technology (Second Amendment) Rules, 2026 appear to be taking India in this direction. On 30 March 2026, the Ministry of Electr

Ms. Yashika Malik, Assistant Professor, MERI Professional and Law Institute ABSTRACT As digitization has accelerated in India, it has left us with a peculiar, and alarming, digital form of criminal activity – the digital arrest scam. In these cases, the scammers pretend to be police and regulatory officials on the phone or video call, compelling the victim to wire large amounts of money that are "needed for immediate arrest. This article discusses the architecture, legal clas

Maglin M Raja, Research Scholar, Bhagwant University, Ajmer, Rajasthan (Department of Law) ABSTRACT Artificial Intelligence (AI) and algorithmic trading have fundamentally reshaped global financial markets through unprecedented analytical power, automation, and data-driven decision-making. While these technologies have enhanced liquidity, efficiency, and speed, they have simultaneously complicated the enforcement of insider trading laws. Traditional doctrines of insider tradi

Kunal Aswani, Symbiosis Law School, Noida ABSTRACT Deepfakes—synthetic media generated through artificial intelligence that convincingly alter or fabricate a person’s appearance, voice or actions—have moved from technical curiosity to a pervasive social and legal problem. In India the response has been incremental rather than comprehensive. Prosecutors currently rely on a patchwork of provisions under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023;

Rachita Menon, BBA LLB (Hons.), MIT-WPU School of Law ABSTRACT Cyberfraud is commonly framed as the consequence of victim carelessness, yet many fraud schemes succeed through carefully designed manipulation involving urgency, impersonation, authority, fear, and trust. This article develops a victim-centred framework for post-fraud reporting, digital- evidence preservation, institutional coordination, and victim protection in India. Drawing on victimology, procedural justice,

Gurnoor Kaur, B.COM. LL.B. (Hons), University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh ABSTRACT Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, grants safe harbour to the intermediaries (social media platforms) in cases of any violations of personal data taking place over these. With no adequate legislation addressing deepfakes, it becomes really hard to address this issue when such an exclusion from liability is provided. The right to free speech and exp

Vishakha Shekhawat, Assistant Professor, School of Law, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore Neelima I M, LL.B., School of Law, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore ABSTRACT Parenthood is widely recognized as a fundamental aspect of human life, encompassing emotional, social, and legal dimensions. However, for individuals belonging to the LGBTQ+ community, the realization of parenthood often involves navigating complex legal, social, and institutional barriers. This thesis

Ekta Rani, Research Scholar, Department of Law, Punjabi University, Patiala ABSTRACT One of the most contentious but essential components of reproductive and human rights is still the availability of safe abortion. It is situated at the nexus of legal justice, gender equality, public health, and bodily autonomy. The conceptual and legal underpinnings of safe abortion as a human right are examined in this study, with a focus on how essential it is, to protect women's health, a

Rudraksh Anand, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) Saniya Mishra, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) ABSTRACT This paper explores the conflict between the ‘collective’ (efficiency) goals of cross-border insolvency law and the ‘protective’ (restorative) goals of environmental law and examines specifically Article 6 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, 1997. The public policy exception in Article 6 is generally understood as being a limited

Rishika Sethi, BBA LL.B. (Hons), MIT-WPU School of Law ABSTRACT Offender profiling and behavioural evidence are extensively used in criminal investigation to develop potential hypotheses and to gain insight into offence patterns. Once this material crosses the threshold into the courtroom, it falls under different rules of admissibility, reliability, relevance and fairness in court. The article looks at the courts’ approach to profiling expert evidence in the United States, t

Pooja VV, Bharata Mata School of Legal Studies, Choondy, Aluva ABSTRACT Foreign trade plays a crucial role in India’s economic development by promoting industrial growth, increasing exports, attracting foreign investment, creating employment opportunities, and strengthening the country’s position in the global market. As international trade has become increasingly complex and rigid, an effective legal framework is essential to regulate the cross–border commercial activities w

Chandan Kallaiaah, Practising Lawyer, High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore ABSTRACT The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 marks the most significant revision of India's foreign-funding law since 2010. Building on a legislative history that runs from the original 1976 Act through the 2010 consolidation and the 2016, 2018, and 2020 amendments, the 2026 Bill departs from every prior round by regulating not merely the inflow of foreign contributions but the fat

Noor Fatima Khan, Government New Law College, Indore ABSTRACT Artificial Intelligence (AI) has became an integral part of making decision across various sectors such as finance, healthcare, law etc. However, one of the most challenging aspects is AI hallucination. AI hallucination results into the rise of criminal harm including fraud, defamation, misinformation, wrongful accusation, cyber crime etc. AI-generated content increasingly influences public opinion, because of whic

Aadya Chakarvarti, Symbiosis Law School, Noida, Symbiosis International (Deemed To Be) University, Pune ABSTRACT Environmental sustainability has become a critical focus for governments, corporations, and civil societies. The unending exploitation of natural resources, further industrial pollution and rapid growth of infrastructural projects have all contributed to environmental degradation. The tort law creates an effective legal avenue for punishing the polluter which compl

Shivani, Advocate, Bar Council of Delhi, New Delhi, India. ABSTRACT India's anti-defection law was enacted to protect electoral mandates and governmental stability, yet its institutional design increasingly produces the opposite risk: an individual legislator may lose office for dissent, while an organised faction may change the political control of a House by assembling the numerical shield of Paragraph 4. This paper offers a doctrinal and institutional study of the Tenth Sc

Puranjay Chawla, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) National Law University Odisha ABSTRACT This essay examines the legal, constitutional and economic dimension of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) pricing in India, with specific attention to the relationship between taxation, fiscal federalism, and the affordability of air travel for the masses. ATF is the single most critical input in the aviation sector, accounting for approximately 40 to 45 per cent of an airline’s operational cost. This, in tu

Aarush Giri, Chandigarh University UP ABSTRACT This intensive revision of electoral rolls, conducted by the Election Commission of India in Bihar in June 2025, and gradually rolled out throughout the country in phases, has since then become India's most comprehensive update in over twenty years. This article consists of a two- Register essay on the procedure of constitution, statute and subordinate legislation and on procedure in operation. It mentions the power vested in the

Raja Nirmalya Prasad Senapati, KIIT School of Law ABSTRACT In the case of Jan De Nul Dredging India Pvt. Ltd. v. Tuticorin Port Trust (2026 INSC 34), the Supreme Court of India was faced with a very important issue in respect of the scope of judicial involvement when dealing with challenges to an arbitration award. Through setting aside the order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court, the Apex Court upheld the legal provision which makes it clear that under Section 3

Sthir Singhal, ADR (Clinical), SVKM's NMIMS School of Law, Bengaluru ABSTRACT Commercial arbitration has become the most popular process for resolution of high value domestic and cross-border commercial disputes. In the heart of most arbitral proceedings is the contested question of damages - how much, if anything, is entitled to a claimant. Damage quantification in arbitration is a multidisciplinary process and involves combining the disciplines of economics, finance, and ac

The Legal Status Of Attempt To Suicide In India: A Critical Analysis Of Section 115 Of The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 And The Emerging Framework Under The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - A Doctrinal And Statistical Study Vishal Samra, Assistant Professor, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar ABSTRACT The Indian legal order has long treated the preservation of human life as a paramount value, and its statutes have generally discouraged conduct that endan

Saloni Tyagi, Research Scholar, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur Dr. Rajput Shraddha Bhausingh, Assistant Professor, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur ABSTRACT The reproductive choices of women are protected as human rights, which refer to the autonomy of making decisions regarding their reproductive choices, such as whether to procreate or not, family planning, access to healthcare services, etc. The reproductive choices of women with intellectual disa

Adv. Sonia Saini, Managing Partner, SS Global Law Firm, New Delhi, India ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to court administration. It now structures legal research, summarises records, translates testimony, verifies citations, detects filing defects and, in some jurisdictions, informs assessments of risk. The legal difficulty is not exhausted by asking whether a judge signs the final order. An ostensibly assistive system can shape the evidentiary and doc

Akula Hari Vikranth, LLB (Hons.), Amity Law School Noida, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh Mr. Lakshya Saini, Assistant Professor of Law, Amity Law School Noida, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh ABSTRACT The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) replaced the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) with effect from 1 July 2024, marking the most significant overhaul of India's substantive criminal law since independence. While the BNS retains much of the architecture of the IPC, it introduce

Reeti Nanda, O.P. Jindal Global University ABSTRACT This paper examines India's role in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) negotiations on the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) through the lens of legal pluralism and global justice. It argues that the conventional intellectual property (IP) framework, founded on Western concepts of individual ownership, novelty, and market exclusivity, is inadequate for protecting traditional knowledge, which is collec