The gross violation of human rights due to Custodial Deaths – What is the current legal position in light of statutes, precedents and recent events in India?

By Shrishti Jeswani, 2nd Year, BA.LLB (Hons), School of Law, KIIT University "Life means not only physical existence. It means the use of every limb or faculty through which life is enjoyed. The right to life includes the right to a healthier environment”. ~ Justice P.N. Bhagwati  ‘Custody’ which means the guardianship or protective care...

Upsurge in the Rate of Cybercrime During COVID-19: A Test of Legal Effectiveness

-By PARAS GUPTA, 2nd Year (B.A.LLB HONS.), Institute of Law, Kurukshetra University The pandemic of Covid-19 that has taken the lives of more than half a million in the world and still counting, has forced  people in all over the world to confine themselves in their houses leaving no alternatives, but to do the work...

A Legal Battle between India vs. Italy over the Law of the Sea – A Detailed Analysis of Enrica Lexie Case

Blog by Rohit Singh, 2nd Year Law Student, Law Centre - II, Faculty of Law, Delhi University This is the case related to the India-Italy controversy also known as Italian marine case. Recently, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has published an extract of the final award of the ad-hoc tribunal constituted to settle disputes...

The Proposed Decriminalization of the Offence of Dishonour of Cheque under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act : An Effect-Based Appraisal

By Pritha Ghosh, 2nd Year UG Law Student, Ajeenkya DY Patil University of Pune The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a great upheaval across all sectors of the country. The economy of India has witnessed a turbulence as well. With the aim to improve business sentiment and unclog courts, the Ministry of Finance proposed that it...

Illegal Pond Filling and Unauthorized Construction – A Threat Towards Environment

By Rupanwita De, 1st Year UG Law Student, WBNUJS Kolkata A country’s development is often indicated by the conservation of natural resources. The Indian government has taken initiatives for conservation of both forest and water resources. However, the area of wetlands has remained unclearly legislated upon. Wetlands have been well defined by the Ramsar Convention,...

An Analytical Study on the Draft EIA Notification, 2020 and Its Implications

By S. Dhivya, 2nd Year Undergraduate Law Student, Symbiosis Law School Pune Infrastructural development, as an instrument to boost economic growth, has earned immense importance. With such growing significance attached to it, it has been realised that environment is exposed to threats and challenges. A common concern is the cost paid in terms of environment...

A critical appraisal on the PM CARES Fund and the Applicability of RTI Act on its accountability

by Samriddhi Vatsa, 3rd Year (B.A. LL.B Hons), MNLU, Nagpur The global pandemic has created a silent chaos in the lives of people throughout the world. Many countries have imposed complete lockdown keeping all economic activities at halt. In order to cope up with the rising demands of various medical tools, advanced technology and research, checking...

Assessing the Efficacy of the Supreme Court in view of the recent interim directions passed in the Ficus Pax Private Ltd. & ors. v. Union of India case

By Advait Mishra, First Year Undergraduate Law Student from HNLU Raipur The recent times of lockdown have indeed made our economy suffer along with our freedom to socialize. India isn’t privileged enough yet, to enable its government to announce huge bailout packages like the governments of some fortunate developed countries. Businesses in India are suffering....

Functioning of IBC (2016) amid the Global Pandemic – An Assessment of Effectiveness

By Tanushi Sharma, 2nd Year LLM Student, ILS Law College Pune Amidst the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19, the Government of India on 24th March, 2020 declared a nationwide lockdown. Then Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India vide order dated 23rd March, 2020 issued certain guidelines which ensured the closing of majority of...

A Detailed Study on concept and consequences of Moratorium in light of RBI act and the IBC

 By Monika Bhakta Student of LLM, Department of Law, Rajasthan University  The word moratorium is not new concept or ideology now-a-days as the pandemic Covid-19 has provided nothing good except the low rate of moratorium. The very idea of providing moratorium came into existence when the Reserve Bank of India commonly known as RBI in...