India’s criminal justice system has long relegated the victim to the periphery. But things have changed in the last 20 years. The chatter on social
Category: Legal
Brief case: Works contract may be split to impose tax | Business Standard Column–04.09.2017
A works contract is divisible and state governments can levy sales tax on the goods going into the civil work. The contract can be divided
Rape in marriage: Still a violation of consent and therefore rape–Times of India–03.09.2017
The Union government recently told the court that marital rape should not be criminalised, because what an “individual wife” considers rape may not appear the
HC cites privacy order, asks if text messages can be treated as proof | India News – Times of India–03.09.2017
Citing the recent Supreme Court ruling on privacy, the Delhi HC has questioned if private messages can be relied upon as evidence in a criminal
Flat or refund, your pick: Supreme Court to Unitech buyers | India News – Times of India–02.09.2017
Sending a heartening signal to investors in housing projects in which developers are playing truant, the Supreme Court assured flat buyers in Unitech schemes that
Confusion over shareholders’ approval for resolution plan under IBC | Business Standard News–31.08.2017
Legal fraternity and insolvency professionals appear divided over whether shareholders’ approval under Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI regulations would be necessary to pass certain
Right to privacy: SC judgment also makes case for regulating data storage | Business Standard News–31.08.2017
The past decade has seen the initiation of numerous government programmes like Aadhaar and Natgrid. Due to the increased collection of citizen’s information by the
Privacy law please: To actualise privacy as a fundamental right, India needs comprehensive legislation–31.08.2017
A collateral benefit of the Supreme Court verdict which declared privacy as a fundamental right is that a comprehensive legislation on data protection becomes imperative.
Rights of homebuyers under Insolvency Code need clarity–Economic Times–30.08.2017
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has recently amended regulations to declare homebuyers of beleaguered real estate companies as financial creditors. Such homebuyers can
New judge, old wish list | Business Standard Editorials–30.08.2017
Fourteen months do not seem like a long time to helm an institution as challenging and complex as the Supreme Court, but the new Chief
Don’t criminalise marital rape, may disturb institution of marriage: Government | The Indian Express–30.08.2017
Section 375 of the IPC dealing with rape makes an exception for such instances within marriages and holds that “sexual intercourse by a man with
Jaypee insolvency: Indian real estate’s boom-to-bust story has lessons for all | opinion | Hindustan Times–30.08.2017
On August 9, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Court (IBC) got its first candidate from the housing sector – Jaypee Infratech Limited. Up until then, few
Minimum wage to vary across states – The Hindu–30.08.2017
The Code on Wages Bill proposed by the Union government earlier this month will not fix a single national level minimum wage for the whole
Right to Privacy: Four cases that may come up for review | Business Standard Column–28.08.2017
The recent judgment by a nine-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench that declared the ‘right to privacy’ as a natural, inherent and inalienable fundamental right under
Right to Privacy: Businesses will have to change and transform, says expert | Business Standard Column–28.08.2017
Rajeev Chandrasekhar August 24, 2017, will count as another important day in the history of our 70-year-old democracy and nation — a day when privacy
Right to Privacy: ‘Not enforceable against pvt data collecting, tech firms’ | Business Standard Column–28.08.2017
Pavan Duggal After the Supreme Court’s judgment on the right to privacy as a fundamental right, one question is repeatedly being asked as to what
A brave new world of individual rights | Business Line–28.08.2017
The Supreme Court, by upholding privacy as a fundamental right, has bolstered Article 21, and perhaps undercut Aadhaar The recent, nine judge judgment of the
Time we realised there is nothing romantic about stalking | editorials | Hindustan Times–28.08.2017
A protest in Chandigarh in the Varnika Kundu stalking case, August 9. (Keshav Singh/HT) There is every indication that had the authorities concerned acted in
To be forgotten online is part of privacy: Justice Kaul – The Hindu–28.08.2017
Internet does not allow a person to overcome his past follies and turn a new leaf. A person’s mistakes in his personal life becomes, and
adhaar: Back to square one in flawed adhaar ecosystem–Economic Times–27.08.2017
The SC judgment overturned a 63-year-old ruling that refused to recognise privacy as a fundamental right. In an increasingly digital world, in which artificial intelligence
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