Dylan Sharma* It is a practice that goes unnoticed – a popup on a website, fine print on an invoice or an advertisement in the middle of a video. What most consider […]
The Guidelines on Dark Patterns – Effective or Incomplete?
The Case For The Winter Session 2023 Suspensions
Rishit Soni & Akshay Sriram* The Indian Parliament in the Winter Session last year witnessed a record number of suspensions like never before. In the meantime, various integral laws were debated and […]
Addressing The Void: The Call For A Human Smuggling Law In India
Sahajveer Baweja* & Vansh Bhatnagar** This article highlights the urgent need for a dedicated human smuggling law in India while scrutinizing the nuanced disparities between the crimes of human smuggling and trafficking, […]
Evaluating India’s Dark Patterns Guidelines – Advocating a Comprehensive Approach
Ansruta Debnath and Shubham Singh* The paper provides a critical examination of India’s ‘Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns 2023’, highlighting issues of enforceability and contradiction within the framework. It […]
Cinematograph Amendment Act 2023: Not a Panacea to the Abyss of Piracy
Aliza Khatoon* The Cinematograph Amendment Act 2023 aims to combat piracy by prohibiting unauthorized recording and exhibition of films, receiving praise for its efforts. However, it falls short in addressing the complexities […]
Inefficiencies Of The Differential Rights Voting Regime
Chytanya S Agarwal* Using a Law and Economics approach, this essay argues that the regulatory framework of Differential Voting Rights (DVRs) in India is not Kaldor-Hicks efficient. Despite the potential benefits of […]
Need for a Digital Copyrights Act: Adjusting to the New Normal
Shashwat Dubey* Disruptive AI Technologies have posed complex challenges to the existing copyrights framework under the Copyrights Act, 1957 in India. This includes the lack of regulatory mechanism to affix intermediaries’ liabilities, […]
“Banking On Rights: The World Bank’s Freeze On Loans In Uganda Amid Anti-Gay Laws – A Watchdog For Human Rights?”
Anjali Jena* & Himanshu** The World Bank’s decision to suspend new loans to Uganda in response to the Anti-Homosexuality Act has sparked global debate. While praised for defending LGBTQ+ rights, critics highlight […]
Peering Through Closed Doors, Scheduled Classes Struggle With The Collegium
Hardik Kuldeep* The Judiciary is difficult to hold accountable as it enjoys broad independence and lacks transparency. It appoints Judges in the Higher Judiciary through the Collegium system, which is not beholden […]
Amartya Sen’s Framework And International Law In The Critique Of Australia’s Constitutional Referendum Of Indigenous Rights
Shashank Tripathi & Shreya Jain* The authors critically analyze the nexus between constitutional referendums, Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach, and international law, focusing on Australia’s recent Indigenous rights referendum. While referendums aim to […]