Vasuki Shastry As national governments gear up for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26), this article analyses the current challenges facing countries in achieving their net-zero commitments, especially developing […]
The Perilous Road to Net-Zero
Law School Workshop Series: Session #3
The Law School Workshop Series – organized by the Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy Discussion Group, NLSIU in association with Kautilya Society (NLSIU-chapter) – will be hosting workshops to develop working papers in […]
Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020: Great Boast, Little Roast
Mohd. Rameez Raza & Raj Shekhar The article analyses the changed provisions in the new Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020 and the potential impact on the future of defence deals in India. To […]
Too Many Courts Spoil the Broth: Tracing Jurisdictional Conflicts in Indian Arbitration
Prerona Banerjee & Rajvansh Singh This article analyses the current position of law on possible jurisdictional conflicts in Indian arbitration. To that end, it analyses the legal effect of choosing a ‘venue’, […]
Cairn Arbitration Case: Unwinding the Bancec Guidelines
Livie Jain The arbitral award in the Cairn Energy case proves to be an alarm bell for modifications in India’s taxation policy while at the same time stirring up fears over the […]
The Case for Constraining Judicial Review: In Conversation with Professor Samuel Moyn
Professor Samuel Moyn is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School, U.S. and a Professor of History at Yale University, U.S. He has done extensive work on constitutional […]
Zomato-UberEats Acquisition – The Changing Dynamics of Combination Assessment
Sanskar Modi, Akshat Shukla Are Indian Anti-trust laws equipped to deal with Nascent Acquisitions? This piece analyses the current target exemption thresholds under the Indian competition regime to identify the anti-competitive implications […]
Interim Measures Against Third Party under Indian Arbitration Law: Settled or Unsettled?
Ankit Gupta, Sahil Sonkusale In this piece, the authors navigate High Court jurisprudence on the ‘proximity with third party’ metric in consideration of which most High Courts over the country award interim […]
Mission mode ≠ mission accomplished in Indian governance
Kartik Akileswaran I write this in the middle of May 2021, with India still in the throes of its worst crisis in recent memory. COVID-19 has laid bare the fundamental weaknesses of […]
You Are Under ‘House Arrest’: Exploring the Intermediate Route Under the Law of Remand
Deepak Singh The history of house arrest in India has its root in preventive detention laws. Section 5 of National Security Act, 1980 (also known as “rasuka”) empowers the government to regulate […]
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