Akshita Atti & Hemanya Sharma, Symbiosis International University ABSTRACT This case analysis examines ‘Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India”, which is a landmark Public Interest Litigation, addressing the intersection of digital platforms and social welfare laws in India. The case revolves around the misuse of search engines to facilitate illegal pre-natal sex determination, in violation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection)

Shreya Sharma, Amity University, Noida ABSTRACT The constitutional promise of secularism in India represents not merely an abstract political ideal but a deeply embedded normative commitment that shapes the functioning of democratic institutions. Within this framework, elections occupy a central position, acting as the primary mechanism through which popular sovereignty is expressed and political authority is legitimized. However, the increasing entanglement of religion with

Ayush Kumar Upadhyay, LLM, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad When a machine makes a mistake, the courtroom falls silent - not from shock, but from uncertainty. India's legal framework, built entirely around human accountability, has no answer for the age of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a fictional concept. Nowadays, AI is diagnosing our diseases, giving or denying us loans, and driving self-driving cars on the streets. But what

Sanjana Ranjan, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR, Contact ABSTRACT Cybercrime has emerged as a pressing challenge in the digital era, with online harassment and digital deception posing significant threats to personal security, dignity, and public trust in technology. The increasing sophistication of offenders, who exploit encrypted platforms, deepfake technology, and anonymization tools, has made the prosecution of such crimes heavily dependent on the credibility

Saumya Dwivedi, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Legal Studies, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur ABSTRACT The redefining wave of digitalization has ushered in a new regulatory control over algorithm management in labour administration. This system operates various managerial duties, including delegation of work, logistics, monitoring productivity, performance tracking, enforcement of regulations, and customer feedback, all without any human int

Neethu L Sekhar, Assistant Professor, CSI Institute of Legal Studies, Parassala, Thiruvananthapuram INTRODUCTION Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in India play a crucial role in protecting creativity and innovation. With a growing economy and advancements in technology, understanding these rights is more important than ever. This article explores the various aspects of IPR in India, including its legal framework, challenges, and future directions, while emphasizing the need

Shreeja Walia, B.A.LL.B., The Law School, University of Jammu Vanshika Dhiman, B.A.LL.B., The Law School, University of Jammu ABSTRACT Despite commitments to "leaving no one behind," India’s progress toward SDG 3, which calls for healthy lives and well-being for all, remains constrained by an often overlooked issue: gender-blind budgeting. This paper examines whether India can achieve or accomplish SDG 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) in the

Balaji Babu D, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur ABSTRACT This article explores the impact of engagement of Artificial Intelligence in the judicial system in India and its ramifications for constitutional governance. While the existing AI tools including SUPACE and SUVAS have exhibited tremendous impact in efficiency and case management, extending their role raises serious concerns regarding transparency, accountability and fairness in judicial d

Pragya Agnihotri, Research Scholar, PhD, School of Legal Studies, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow (India). Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Kumar Awasthi, Head, Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Babu Banarasi Das University, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow (India) ABSTRACT The digital revolution has transformed India into one of the world’s largest digital economies, with nearly 958 million internet users. While this connectivity has driven economic growth and inclusi

Jithin George, Christ (Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR ABSTRACT This article adopts a Critical Legal Studies (CLS) approach, enriched by Marxist political economy and post‐colonial theory, to interrogate the colonial genealogy and contemporary functioning of the global patent regime. It argues that the dominant intellectual property rights (IPR) framework, particularly in the field of patents, is not a neutral, universal system of innovation incentives but a juridical tec

Arjav Jauhar, Modern School, Vasant Vihar ABSTRACT More than two decades after its creation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains a source of both hope and frustration in the quest for global accountability. Born from the 1998 Rome Statute, the Court was meant to prosecute the gravest crimes—genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression—when national systems fail. Yet its dependence on state cooperation, limited jurisdiction, and the non-participatio

Mr. Ayush Singh, Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur ABSTRACT The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code, 2024 (hereinafter by the name of UCC or the Code) marks a historic step in the history of the Indian legal system as the first significant statutory effort by a State Legislature to codify personal law in the areas of marriage, divorce, succession, inheritance and testamentary dispositions under a unified, religion-neutral system. Some of its most significant provisions are those which

Adv. Sumayya Sayyed, B.A.LL.B., LL.M., District and Session Court, Chandrapur, Maharashtra ABSTRACT The digital overreach of India has long targeted its salaried workers and gig workers due to the ubiquitous work culture in the country, propagating unpaid overtime and mental health breakdowns as evidenced by the increasing number of suicide cases at the workplace. The pre-November 2025 labour legislation did not provide protection to the platform worker who provides services

Debasmita Barik, BBA LLB, KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar ABSTRACT Orphan works: copyrighted works whose right-holders cannot be identified or located; constitute one of the most intractable paradoxes in modern intellectual property law. The international framework that was to provide immunity for these authors, in particular the automatic protection regime introduced by the Berne Convention, has generated an enormous and mounting corpus of works that is legally inaccessible

V.K. Radha Krishna, BALLB, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Chhattisgarh ABSTRACT Digital communication tools have dissolved the boundaries that once separated work from personal life, creating a pervasive expectation of constant availability. In India, this problem is acute, and it has prompted legislative responses including the Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, as well as regional policy efforts. Understanding these developments requires tracing the right's origins in globa

Ayush Nagar, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR, India ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0791-0717 ABSTRACT The green economy has evolved as an emerging framework to balance the integrity and economic growth, and social justice as in the phrase of challenges like climate change and environmental degradation. Scholar Amartya Sen also advocated for the justice and fairness across generations, which is at the core of sustainability, which requires

Fathimabee M, Assistant Professor in Centre of Legal Education – Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College (SMVEC), Puducherry ABSTRACT Witnesses play a crucial role in the administration of criminal justice, as their testimony often forms the foundation upon which courts determine the guilt or innocence of an accused person. However, in India, the effectiveness of the criminal justice system has frequently been undermined by the intimidation, harassment and inducement of wi

Raghav Khurana, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR ABSTRACT The enactment of the Code on Social Security, 2020 marks a significant shift in India’s labour welfare framework by consolidating multiple social security legislations and extending statutory recognition to unorganised, gig, and platform workers. While projected as a move toward universalisation of social protection, the Code raises critical concerns regarding the transformation of social security from a rig

D.M. Salai Siva Keerthana, Assistant Professor, GTN Law College, Dindigul. ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of the digital economy has significantly transformed traditional labour markets, giving rise to a new form of employment commonly referred to as gig work. In India, digital labour platforms operated by companies such as Uber, Ola, Swiggy and Zomato have created flexible income opportunities for millions of workers. However, the legal status of gig workers remains uncertain

Magizhva. R, Tamilnadu National Law University 1. INTRODUCTION A Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) is a distinctive corporate structure for capital raising via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to acquire or merge with an existing private company. The associated deal structure is known as de-SPAC transactions, allowing a private company to list publicly in a less time-consuming, rigorous manner than a traditional IPO. SPACs are now a popular mechanism for fast-trackin