Disability in India – A Legal Analysis

By Sania Gupta, Student, School of Law, Christ University _______________________________________________________________________________________________________  “Disability need not be an obstacle to success” – Stephen Hawking  Disability led to various forms of prejudice, bias and discriminatory practices around the world. It can be considered as one of the contemporary aspect of society which needs our attention as responsible citizens of...

Regulation of the Domain of Public Nuisance : An Overview of the Existing Indian Laws

By Sneha Mathew, Law Student, Christ University _____________________________________________________________________________ Winfield once said, “Nuisance may be described as unlawful interference with a person’s use or enjoyment of land or of some right over, or in connection with it.”   Nuisances are usually divided into two categories - public and private. In this article, I will be focusing on...

Restoring the Forgotten Spirit of Secularism enshrined in Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution in Reference to the Recent Religious Violence

By Kumari Pooja, Student Editor (Probationary), Lexstructor This is the highlight reel when the word ‘secularism’ needs a clarification as this word has become an object of ridicule and contempt in recent years that witnessed conflicts related to CAA, Kashmiri Pandits, ban on cow killing, Ram Mandir or any religious tensions. Saddled with lot of...

Drone Rules, 2020 – Salient Features and Plethora of Concerns revolving around the Unmanned Aircraft System

By Rohit Singh, 2nd Year, LLB, Law Centre - II, Faculty of Law, DU Ministry of Civil Aviation has published the draft unmanned Aircraft system Rules, 2020 and set the rules to allow beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, and bring drone traders under its ambit. It is a great step to contribute to...

The Status of Online Petitions in India: Concept, Effectiveness and Legal Validity

By Pritha Ghosh, 2nd Year Law Student, Ajeenkya DY Patil University of Pune "The ongoing violence in Yemen has been ceased and the forces of the world have joined hands to restore the years of injustice after an online petition secured over 13,00, 000 signatures. " Read a news headline in an alternate universe where...

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...

Position Marks: A New Era in Trademark Regime

By Kumari Pooja, Fourth Year Undergraduate Law Student from Tamil Nadu National Law University Some marks that label a product becomes distinctive just because of the manner in which it is positioned in a product, no matter if it is original or not. Came from German Doctrine, one of the unconventional/non-traditional trademarks, Position Marks are...