Harshal Bodana, JRF, School of Law, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore ABSTRACT The introduction of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana constitutes one of the numerous endeavours of the Government of India towards achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Agenda. Being a social health insurance scheme, PM-JAY facilitates provision of quality healthcare services to the disadvantaged section of the Indian society by providing cashless and paperless access to medical t

Ayushi Jovita D’souza, Advocate, Karnataka ABSTRACT The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence is transforming the music industry by enabling the creation of musical compositions, imitation of established musical styles, replication of artists’ voices, etc. While these developments present significant opportunities for innovation and creative expression, they also raise complex questions concerning copyright, authorship, ownership, and the protection of exist

Dr. N. Sudalai Muthu, Vice Principal in GTN Law College, Dindigul D. M. Salai Siva Keerthana, Assistant Professor in GTN Law College, Dindigul S. Sindhuja, Assistant Professor in GTN Law College, Dindigul ABSTRACT Plea bargaining represents an important procedural mechanism intended to promote the expeditious disposal of criminal cases by permitting an accused person, subject to statutory safeguards, to seek a negotiated resolution. In India, the concept initially received st

Nigel C. Thomas, B.A. LL.B., SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law ABSTRACT The Supreme Court’s decision in Rutvij Bhagat Singh Wakhare v. State of Maharashtra is the latest instance of a recurring practice. The Court declined to entertain a writ petition under Article 32. It held that the petitioner had failed to establish a violation of any fundamental right and redirected him to the jurisdictional High Court under Article 226 instead. This practice has been evident since CJI

Raj Kamal, Asst. Prof., Bihar Institute of Law ABSTRACT The rapid integration of digital technologies into the workplace has fundamentally transformed the nature of work, blurring the boundaries between professional and personal life. With the proliferation of smartphones, remote working tools, instant messaging platforms, and artificial intelligence–driven management systems, employees are increasingly expected to remain connected beyond standard working hours. This constant

Ms. Smruti Abhipsa Mishra & Ms. Asima Dandpat,KIIT School of Law, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha ABSTRACT India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 was the much-needed structural solution the country had been waiting for. Until its advent, the journey for a creditor seeking recovery of debt from a defaulting company had been a long and winding road. The IBC was intended to address this problem by fixing it, not by merely making it faster bu

Ayush Verma, National Law Institute University, Bhopal Anshika Kaushik, National Law Institute University, Bhopal Rishi Mudgal, National Law Institute University, Bhopal ABSTRACT The regulation of Big Tech in India is increasingly framed through the question of whether the country should adopt an ex ante regime comparable to the European Union's Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’). This framing, however, risks obscuring an important development within Indian competition law: in the a

Kalpita Choudhary, O.P. Jindal Global University Vanshika Rathi, O.P. Jindal Global University Research Question Does the scaling down of the mandatory 3-year period to 1 year serve as a balancing tool for the twin concerns of competency and career security? The 3-year practice rule: a historical overview The introduction of the 3-Year Practice Requirement originates from the Second AIJA Case. The Hon’ble Court, in this case, had directed all States to prescribe 3 years’ prac

Heena Narwani & Aditi Kanoongo, Assistant Professor, S.S. Jain Subodh Law College ABSTRACT Deepfake, which refers to a synthesized audio-visual medium that has been created or modified via deep learning technology with the aim of making it appear real, has become a structural challenge to the epistemic commons insofar as it refers to a shared level of trust that makes audio-visual evidence credible in the eyes of individual citizens, media, and electorate. This epistemic cris

Dr. Cumaran Nadaradjan, B.A. LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D. (Law) Advocate, Bar Council of Delhi, Delhi, India ORCID iD: 0009-0005-7135-6543 ABSTRACT India’s digital-payment architecture has made transfers faster, cheaper and more accessible, but the same speed and finality have intensified a difficult consumer-protection problem: who should bear the loss when a customer technically authorises a payment only because a fraudster has manipulated, impersonated, threatened or deceived the c

Neha Kannaujiya, Research Scholar, Department of Law, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Manish Kumar Rai, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. ABSTRACT Freshwater resources are one of the most vital natural resources for the maintenance of human habitation, ecological balance, agricultural production, industrial development and economic growth. But the gr

Akhila S T, Department of Law, University of Kerala I. Introduction Universal health coverage rests on a deceptively simple promise: that every person, wherever they live and however much they earn, can obtain the health services they need — preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative — without being ruined by the cost of care. The philosophy of UHC rests on the proposition that health is a fundamental human right, a principle traceable to the 1948 Universal Declarat

Eshan Singhal, Ph.D., Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra Dr. Shiti Kanth Dubey, Professor, Faculty of Law, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence has fundamentally transformed the technological environment in which cybercrime is conceived, executed and investigated. Generative artificial intelligence, large language models, deepfake systems, automated vulnerability discovery, synthetic identities and AI-assi

Angeri Thyagaraju, LL.B., Aurora Higher Education and Research Academy (Deemed-to-be University), Bhongir Campus ABSTRACT The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence has fundamentally altered the evidentiary value traditionally attached to photographs, videos and audio recordings. Deepfakes can manufacture apparently authentic representations of persons, events and statements that never occurred. The resulting legal problem extends beyond misinformation or pri

Dr Kuldeep Singh Panwar & Yapi Kiri, Associate Professor cum HOD, Department of Law, Nagaland University Yapi Kiri, Department of Law, Research Scholar, Nagaland Central University. ABSTRACT The village council, also called the Keba or Kebang, is a highly developed democratic institution that emerged from the socio-administrative framework of Pailibo. Arunachal Pradesh's courts managed both civil and criminal matters in the same way as courts in other Indian states and union

Vishwambhar Kanakdande, B.A. LL.B., Government Law College, Mumbai, India ABSTRACT Contract labour has for more than fifty years been one of the most disputed areas of Indian labour law, with the employer's requirement for flexibility being opposed to the worker's right to secure tenure. This article examines that ongoing dispute starting from the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act of 1970, via the Supreme Court's changing interpretations of the principle of absor

Kiran Wagaj, New Law College, Pune Dr. Jyoti Dharm, New Law College, Pune ABSTRACT The global fight against money laundering has increasingly shaped domestic criminal justice systems. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the principal international standard-setting body for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, has significantly influenced legislative and institutional responses across jurisdictions. India’s Prevention of Money Launde

Kiran Wagaj, New Law College, Pune Dr. Jyoti Dharm, New Law College, Pune ABSTRACT The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) is India's principal legislative response to the growing threat of money laundering and the concealment and utilisation of proceeds derived from criminal activity. One of its most distinctive features is Section 24, which incorporates a reverse burden of proof in proceedings relating to proceeds of crime. The provision permits the Authority or

Dr. Suraj Amit, LL.M., Ph.D (Law), Patna University, Patna ABSTRACT The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 presents a progressive and transformative approach to higher education in India, with a strong focus on multidisciplinary learning, academic flexibility, and the development of a wide range of skills. Based on the Sociological School of Jurisprudence, especially on Roscoe Pound's fundamental idea of "law as social engineering" and the pragmatic principles of Legal Real

Adv. Mary Gills D Costa, LLM, Bharata Matha School of Legal Studies, Choondy, Aluva ABSTRACT India's Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) is the principal instrument through which the government shapes the country's export and import framework and its integration with the global economy. This article traces the evolution of India's trade policy from the licence-controlled, import-substitution regime of the early post-independence decades, through the liberalising Export- Import (EXIM)