Rituraj Derhgawen, BBA LLB (Hons.), Amity Law School, Amity University Uttar Pradesh ABSTRACT Why do Indian startups keep failing for legal reasons even as the government enacts one regulatory simplification after another? This article takes that question seriously. Using a doctrinal research method anchored in primary legislation and supplemented by institutional datasets including the Economic Survey 2025-26, the 333rd Parliamentary Standing Committee Report (March 2026), a

Sangavi S, VELS University Athira V, VELS University CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Domestic violence against women is one of the most persistent and widespread violations of human rights in modern society. It refers to abusive behavior occurring within domestic relationships such as marriage, cohabitation, or family settings, where one person seeks to dominate or control another through force, fear, intimidation, or coercion. Violence may take several forms including physical assau

Amina Umar Ruwandoruwa, Ph.D, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokot, Nigerian ABSTRACT This study examines the Islamic jurisprudential framework for establishing paternity (nasab) in cases of children born less than six lunar months after marriage which triggers a presumption of illegitimacy across the four (4) Sunni schools of law (Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanafī and Ḥanbalī). Drawing on Qurʾān exegesis, prophetic tradition and classic

Deepa Chauhan, LL.B. (Hons.), Amity University, Noida ABSTRACT The connection between the mentally ill and their criminal responsibility has proved to be one of the most intricate issues that criminal jurisprudence faces today. This research aims at critically analyzing India's legal system that addresses cases of mentally ill individuals who commit crimes in terms of recent developments in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The autho

Neha, BA LLB, JIMS EMTC, GGSIPU ABSTRACT The provision of state immunity is given under section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which replaced section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It involves sanctions for the prosecution of a public servant who commits an offence during their official duty from appropriate government. It protects innocent public officials from malicious and false proceedings. This critically examines the provision of state immunity

Ramsha Khan, Jamia Hamdard University Introduction The law, in its most assured posture, proclaims certainty. It classifies, commands, restrains, and sanctions with the confidence of an authority that presumes itself both rational and complete. Yet, at the fringes of its dominion, there persists a troubling frontier, one where life no longer follows its natural course but is instead prolonged through artificial means, sustained by instruments rather than instinct. Here, medic

Nitant M. Patole, Amandeep Gupta & Gauri Nandan Upadhyay, BA LLB, KES Shri Jayantilal H. Patel Law College, Mumbai ABSTRACT The Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 2023 has been a major milestone in India's efforts to fight digital piracy as well as update the content certification system. While the 1952 Act primarily concentrated on censorship of movies, the new 2023 Act focuses on digital piracy through unauthorized recordings and transmissions as well as provides information on

Divyam Vyas, Symbiosis Law School Pune, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Sanvi Gupta, Symbiosis Law School Pune, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Avanti Sowani, Symbiosis Law School Pune, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) ABSTRACT The Indian Contract Act, 1872 mentions the law of Indemnity in only a few sections, mainly Sections 124 and 125. At first glance, these provisions look simple. However, their real-life application leaves many question

Swami Nath Mishra, Shri Venkateshwara University, Gajraula, U.P. ABSTRACT Macroeconomic variables reflect a country’s economic environment, as they influence the expectations and decisions of policymakers, investors, and business organisations. They point to the state of the economy based on the prevailing patterns that may be delineated by GDP, inflation, interest rates, employment statistics, and so on. More specifically, these variables can provide insights into the consum

Gracy Tanwar, National Law University Odisha ABSTRACT The digital economy has changed the global economy and raised fundamental challenges about whether the existing structure of international tax can capture the creation of value through digital transactions. Existing tax structures, which are focused on residence, source, and permanent establishment (PE) as bases for taxation, are insufficient to adequately capture the value of digital transactions. People and businesses al

Gracy Tanwar, National Law University Odisha I. INTRODUCTION The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, 2017, marked the most profound structural shift in India's indirect tax framework since the nation attained independence. By consolidating a fragmented landscape of numerous central and state levies into a unified, destination-based consumption tax, the reform achieved several critical objectives: the elimination of tax cascading, the creation of a se

Shreya Pragadh, Alliance School of Law, Alliance University 1. ABSTRACT Domestic violence is the problem which affects all societies worldwide, yet it’s also the main issue that’s been neglected for a very long time. While it was once seen as a personal family issue, it is now viewed as a crime and a violation of human rights and human diginity. The purpose of this research, which is titled Understanding Domestic Violence as a Crime: A Criminological and Victimological Study,

Aman Sanjay Shah, BA LLB (Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law, Mumbai) ABSTRACT In hyper-competitive academic environments, many students experience a fear of being “mediocre” which can significantly influence their psychological well-being and academic behavior. This research examines among the law students aged 18 years to 25 years, focusing on how intense competition, performance expectations, and social comparison shape student’s perceptions of success and failure. Using a s

Daksh Verma, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University, Prof. (Dr.) Anil Kumar Dixit, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University ABSTRACT The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 marks a watershed moment in India’s privacy jurisprudence, operationalising the constitutional guarantee articulated in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India through a consent-centric architecture. Yet the Act’s reliance on a binary relationship between the “data principal” and the “da

Shruti Pimpalkhute, B.A. LL.B., Manikchand Pahade Law College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra ABSTRACT The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005, marked a significant departure from the traditional Indian family law by enshrining the "right to residence" for an aggrieved woman in a "shared household" in Section 17. But the court's interpretation of the "shared household" doctrine has been controversial. This paper traces the development of this doctrine from t

Aanya Singh, Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida ABSTRACT A regulation of the patent rights over the medicines represents one of the most complex issues in intellectual property law due to its nature, which involves an intricate balance of stimulating innovations on the one hand and ensuring the availability of necessary drugs on the other. This research paper will examine the approaches applied in regulating pharmaceutical patents in the United States and India through

Amirtha K, Presidency University, Bangalore ABSTRACT The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly through machine learning systems, has begun to generate significant tensions within patent law, especially regarding disclosure requirements. Many of these systems exhibit opacity, unpredictability, and are heavily reliant on data, complicating their explanation in conventional terms. Central to patent disclosure is the enablement requirement, which mandate

Mehak Baid, B.Com. LL.B. (Hons.), Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat ABSTRACT One of the most confidential issues in court are custody cases where legalistic arguments tend to conceal the emotional wrath of the children. Historically, the Indian family law had children as passive subjects whose decisions were made based on parental claims and judicial interpretation of welfare. Nonetheless, as constitutional values and international obligations like “UN Convention on the Right

Rachana K, KLE Law College, Bengaluru ABSTRACT The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and robotics in medicine reveals inherent flaws in India's legal regime on medical malpractice. This article seeks to examine the persisting application of existing principles, specifically the Bolam test established in Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab , amidst the increasing role of algorithmic processes. Although the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 designates patients as

Aakarsh Chauhan, LLB (Hons.), Amity University ABSTRACT The emergence of social media sites has changed the landscape of Indian courts regarding the use of evidence. The most common types of evidence that you will now find in criminal, civil, matrimonial, commercial, and constitutional litigation are posts on Facebook, messages on WhatsApp, photographs on Instagram, communications on Twitter, videos on YouTube and exchanges on LinkedIn. Nevertheless, in India, the framework o