Vishwajeet Singh Bhati and Aradhya Sethia The following article was originally published in the Critical Twenties blog in October 2016 . Judicial remedies in the form of review and curative petitions are […]
From the Archives – Thoughts on Aadhar: Yet Another Blow to Finality
Review of the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018
Nidhi Tambi The DNA Bill is riddled with a host of problems, both legal and procedural. It should be subjected to further policy analysis and legislative scrutiny before being enacted into law. […]
Rethinking Commercial Surrogacy: From Criminalization to a Contractual Solution
Anmol Jain and Aditya Saraswat Bringing escrow agreements to rescue affected surrogates instead of creating more crime It would not be wrong to state that the last winter session of the 16th […]
Wealth for Nations: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Developing Economies
Binit Agrawal Sovereign Wealth Funds are springing up across the developing world. However, there are concerns in relation to their funding and functioning. Recent successes of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have caught […]
Kaizen #3 – Kotak Committee: Separating the position of CEO and the Chairman
Binit Agrawal Imposing a mandatory position on this important corporate structuring issue, especially when there is no proof to indicate that such a change necessarily results in shareholder benefits, may not be […]
The Upper Caste Quota: A ‘Mini-Constitution’ on the Horizon?
Kashish Makkar The proposed amendment will be a herculean task for the NDA, and if successful, the amendment could be called nothing short of a “mini-constitution”. A 10% reservation for economically weak […]
Arbitration and International Tax Disputes: India’s approach towards the BEPS Convention
Amrit Singh India should introduce arbitration within its tax treaties Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) refers to tax avoidance strategies that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits […]
Critical Morality & the Hivemind
Arjun Singal ‘Critical morality’ is undesirable as it requires a surrender of one’s personal moral reasoning to the interpretation of morality by a biased party, akin to how a hivemind would subjugate […]
Kaizen #2 – Corporate Governance Crisis in the Banking Sector: Role of the RBI
Ambarin Munir Khambati The RBI should play a more proactive role in ensuring that Banks comply with corporate governance norms The Reserve Bank of India’s (“RBI”) crackdown on the top management of […]
The Rafale Judgment: Issues with the writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Rishav Ambastha The SC should exercise judicious restraint in admitting cases of ‘public importance’ under its Art. 32 jurisdiction Finally, the Supreme Court seems to have acknowledged the limited nature of its […]
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