Written by: Pulkeshwar Rajpurohit and Lilian Thomas, Christ University, Bangalore The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) was a legislation passed by the Indian Parliament in 1973 and came into force with effect from January 1, 1974. The laws were enacted for the management and regulation of foreign exchange and payments in India. It was a temporary arrangement to control the flow of investment at the time of Independence. It also imposed stringent regulations on certain kinds of payments, foreign exchange, securities, and transactions which had an indirect impact on the import and export ..read more

Authors: Ishwita Mondal, Presidency University, Bangalore Himanshu Rana, School of law Christ University Editor: Sri Sai Kamalini, School of Law, Sastra University, Chennai INTRODUCTION Financial Crime manly means offences relating to monetary issues. Since the last few years, it has also increased and drawn the attention of the govt. It also becomes widespread throughout the world. Financial crime only does not affect the individual but in a wider sense, it affects the country and it is also the threat to the economic development of the country. RELEVANT PROVISIONS AND LEGISLATION Financial ..read more

Authors: Sumeet Senapati, SOA National Institute of Law, Bhubaneswar Himanshu Rana, School of law Christ University Editor: Sri Sai Kamalini, School of Law, Sastra University, Chennai Law of the sea in public international law Let’s first try to understand what is the law of the sea, the term can be very well understood from itself that a law, which is the rules and regulation that are sanctioned by proper authority for the sea. Law of the sea is a branch of international law, as it is very observed and well settled that no country owns a sea, and it is a collective property and belongs to no ..read more

Authors: Aditya Bhave, Savitribai Phule Pune University Harshita Yadav, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun Editor: Varun Hinge, Institute of Law, Nirma University After the KeshavanandaBharati and the A.D.M. Jabalpur Cases, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India came under immense pressure. The supersession of three senior most Supreme Court judges and promotion of judges of her choice in various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India was only the beginning; Mrs. Indira Gandhi resorted to punishing the judges whom she considered disobedient and inconvenie ..read more

Authors: Purbasha Mukherjee, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Calcutta University Deepak Yadav, LAW CENTRE- II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Editor: Varun Hinge, Institute of Law, Nirma University INTRODUCTION On 14th December 2018, the Supreme Court held that there won’t be an investigation of the Rafale fighter jets bought by the present Government and this took the political world by a storm. The fighter jet deal had become a major political issue during the Lok Sabha election campaign where Rahul Gandhi, the congress leader, bluntly accused the Prime Minister of the count ..read more

Author-Anushka Malkhare, ILS Law college Editor: Naman Joshi, Delhi University Introduction The tension between India and china was brewing for the past few months as a result India enforced higher restriction on China’s FDI and encouraged the public to be more Aatmanirbhar, as to lessen the dependency of India on Chinese manufactured products and encourage domestic manufacturing. Amongst the rising tension between the countries, on 29th June 2020 the Indian government initiated a ban on 59 apps of Chinese origin. These included some popular apps namely TikTok, WEchat along with Shareit and C ..read more

Author: Sakshi Sachan, KLE Society’s Law College, Bangalore Editor: Naman Joshi, Delhi University The Technology For The Law: Legal technology is,essentially, the using technology to provide legal services and support to the legal industry. Legal Tech companies are generally startups which are founded with the intention to amend the traditional legal field and its scope. The legal technology has been in use for quite some time in the market but its application had been otherwise than what it is today. Since 2011, the application and utilization of the legal technology has deviated from the tr ..read more

Author: Neeta Saini, Jaipur National University Editor: Naman Joshi, Delhi University INTRODUCTION One of the most devasting and immense humanitarian crisis pandemic called corona virus (COVID19) outbreak has shaken the world. It has forced individuals to cuddle new practices such as maintaining social distancing, use of masks and sanitizers, remote working and work from home. It has not only overwhelmed individuals life but organizations as well. Government of different countries are trying to re-evaluate their economic policies in order to ensure stability within the country. Apart from the ..read more

AUTHORS: SHRITI AAYUSHI, K.L.E. SOCIETY'S LAW COLLEGE, BANGALORE KAVERI CHAUHAN, UNIVERSITY OF LAW EDITOR: Vaibhavee Jaipuriar, Sharda University, Greater Noida INTRODUCTION: Every individual endeavor to live a ‘good life’ and desire to die with dignity, a ‘good death’, or an ‘easy death’. The right to live does not mean just ‘existence’, without the fullest opportunity to grow and develop one’s personality and behavior but with dignity. Euthanasia has been practiced in most countries because of the fact that the patient's suffering ought to be prioritized over the patient life. The quality o ..read more

Author: Astha Rao, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh Co-Author and Editor: Vaibhavee Jaipurirar, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 1. Meaning and scope of surveillance in India Surveillance means closely watching or observing a person or a group particularly the one who is under suspicion. Surveillance has even though enabled improvements in security and law enforcement but they have also created unresolved implications for civil liberties and privacy. Most of these mechanisms are framed without democratic discussion or debate, through private contracts with technology prov ..read more