Benefits granted to Small Companies under Companies Act, 2013
This article is written by Navneet R., a student of RGNUL, Patiala. Companies Act, 2013 has introduced the concept of small companies in India. As per S. 2 (85) of the Companies Act, 2013 there are 4...
View Article31 new Bills introduced in the Budget session of the Parliament
This list is prepared by Pratyush Pandey, a student of NLU Delhi. The new government has introduced more than 31 new Bills in the Loksabha, in the ongoing Budget session of the Parliament. While...
View ArticleWork From Home- Cyber Crime Scams….Are you a Victim?
The Work from Home concept is very attractive for most people, as the advertisements offer huge sums of money for a few hours of simple work. But would you really be paid well for doing nothing much!...
View ArticleReasons behind unnecessary prolongation of execution of money decrees in India
This article is written by Lovisha Aggarwal, a student of VIPS, Delhi. “…….that the difficulties of a litigant in India begin when he has obtained a decree because the same is hardly executed.”...
View ArticleCorporate deposits under Companies Act, 2013
This article is written by Pratyush Pandey, a student of NLU Delhi. Finances are the prime requirement of any business. Equity firms, financial institutions and venture capitals are few of the sources...
View ArticleThe Sad State of Consumer Forums in Delhi
The state of the consumer forums in Delhi is so bad that consumers try to avoid approaching the Consumer Courts in case of any grievance and advocates refrain from taking up Consumer Rights Violation...
View ArticleImportant issues in IPR & Competition law
Introduction IP law seeks to create monopolies while competition law seeks to prevent monopolistic behaviour. On one hand it is necessary to create monopolies through IP law to incentivize innovation...
View ArticleWhen Is She Sexually Harassed? Identifying what is acceptable behaviour and...
Ever thought that you could end up before an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) on charges of sexual harassment just because you shared the 2014 comedy viral video ‘If boys got periods’ with your...
View ArticleHassles Involved in Delhi Bar Council Registration
Since 2010, anyone who wants to practice in a court of law in India needs to obtain a ‘Certificate of Practice’ by passing the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) which essentially tests the basic level of...
View ArticleService tax on auxiliary educational services
This article is written by Navneet R., a student of RGNUL, Patiala. Service Tax on services related to the education sector in India is governed by the provisions of Finance Act, 1994. Section 66D of...
View ArticleObscenity and the law in India: Moving from Hicklin test to Community standards
This article is written by Pratyush Pandey, a student of NLU Delhi. ‘She is humiliated, stripped naked, paraded, made to draw water from the well, within the circle of a hundred men. The exposure of...
View ArticleAnalysis of the consultation paper on Crowdfunding in India by SEBI
This article is written by Pratyush Pandey, a student of NLU Delhi. SEBI had proposed a crowdfunding framework for India in a consultation paper in June 2014. It had invited comments and suggestions...
View ArticleRight to Life and Duty of the State in cases of Violence and Riots
Communal violence and riots keep on manifesting with alarming frequency. It is the State’s obligation to create conditions where rights of individuals or group of persons under Article 21 of the...
View ArticleCorporate fraud and prevention mechanisms under Companies Act, 2013
This article is written by Pratyush Pandey, a student of NLU Delhi. Fraud in relation to affairs of a company or any corporate body as defined in S.447 of Companies Act 2013 includes any act,...
View ArticleDouble jeopardy and the law in India
This article is written by Naveen K. Jain, a student of Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat (Haryana). Introduction Black’s law dictionary defines Double Jeopardy as: – A second prosecution after a...
View ArticleCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) laws around the World
This article is written by Sukhmani Singh, a student of Army Institute of Law, Mohali. The world is developing with time. What was considered to be impossible yesterday, is possible now. We all...
View ArticleHigher Judicial Appointments: A New Perspective
This article is written by Narendra Mohan, a student of Lucknow University. After much conflict and cross swords over the making of higher judicial appointment between executive and judiciary, the...
View Article5 reasons law students love mooting
“and there I was standing at the podium…..for my first moot court argument…my heart was literally in my throat……and then it began…..I started speaking….I could actually feel the blood pounding in my...
View ArticleRegulatory overview of Contract Labour in India
This article is written by Narendra Mohan, a student of Faculty of Law, Lucknow University. Introduction Contract labour is a significant and growing form of employment. It exists in almost every...
View ArticleMonkey selfie: Analysing the Copyright Ownership of Work by an Animal
This article is written by Sukhmani Singh. In an unusual twist of events, something rather unimaginable happened when the pictures of a black macaques monkey went viral over the internet. A wildlife...
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