Parth RamanChandigarh Univeristy India, that is Bharat, is generally counted as the world’s second-largest military force after China and followed by the U.S., Russia and North Korea. According to various military strength ranking index, the United States of America followed by Russia, China, India has ranked among top military strengths. But do you know that India is the largest importer of the defence product among all the countries? Actually, does it mean India doesn’t have any production industries for defence? Absolutely wrong, we have Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), Bharat Electronics ..read more

“While a murderer destroys the physical frame of the victim, a rapist degrades and defiles the soul of a helpless female” – Justice Arjit Prasayat, Former Judge of the Supreme Court Introduction: Humanity has created an obligation for both, men and women but women are bound to face humiliations in the patriarchal society. There are several offences against women such as sexual harassment, dowry death, domestic violence, rape and so on. Among all these, marital rape is the one which is not yet recognized as a crime which needs to be regulated immediately as it reduces the dignity of the women w ..read more

Shivi Kanjolia “Each and every word in a sentence is extremely powerful” Meaning The term Brexit, coined by former lawyer Peter Wilding, is a blend of two words – “Britain” and “exit”. He wrote about “Brexit” in May 2012. As the name suggests, the United Kingdom’s divorce with the European Union is known as Brexit. What is the European Union? The European Union (EU) is a group of 28 countries that trade and allow their citizens to move freely between nations to work and live. Initially, it was built on the ruins of World War II to end centuries of bloodshed and to integrate economic power. Eve ..read more

-Shrey Fatterpekar Counsel, Bombay High Court The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) does not contain any provision which lays down which disputes are arbitrable. Generally speaking, every civil or commercial disputes whether based on contract or otherwise which is capable of being decided by a civil court is in principle capable of being adjudicated upon and resolved by arbitration.[i] However, Section 34(2)(b) of the Act provides that an arbitral award may be set aside if the Court finds that the subject-matter of the dispute is not capable of settlement by arbitration. Court ..read more

Diksha Tarnekar National Law Institute University, Bhopal Paridhi Verma Indore Institute of Law Introduction: The Indian Constitution grants a golden thread as an equality scheme i.e., Article 14, 15, 16, 19 and 21 to the citizens for their enjoyment of life and an opportunity to grow as human beings irrespective of their gender, caste, religion, community and race. One of the basic precepts of the equality scheme lies in the recognition and acknowledgement of the ‘right of choice and self-determination’. Determination of the gender of a person belongs and relates is intrinsic to their right o ..read more

Adrija Guhathakurta National Law University, Odisha Case Note: Citation: 2020 SCC OnLine SC 148 Decided on: 7 February 2020 Court: Supreme Court of India Quorum: L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta Facts: Recently, the Supreme Court was hearing the matter where a certain decision of the Uttarakhand government had become the subject of heated discussion. The government of Uttarakhand had decided that all the posts belonging to the Public Services were to be satiated without the provision of any reservations in Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in case of promotions granted in posts of Assistant ..read more

The Organizing Committee of 3rd Indian Law Conclave hereby invites original abstracts of research papers and case studies on the following themes for presentation at Indian Law Conclave 2020 and publication in a book with an ISBN: Law and Industrial Revolution 4.0 All India Bar Council – Evolving Role in Contemporary Scenario Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 Emerging Trends in Real Estate Sector Labour Rights viz a viz Ease of Doing Business Legal Framework for Cyber Crimes in India and Beyond Neutrality of the Judiciary in the face of a strong Political Executive Post Covid 19 – A New World O ..read more

Shreevidya Nargolkar & Kalyani Kadam  Adv. Balasaheb Apte College of Law, Mumbai & S.N.D.T. Law School, Mumbai Introduction: As India grapples through the vagaries of monsoon every year, floods appear to inevitably accompany the same. Floods have claimed more than 800 lives, affecting millions throughout the nation in the ongoing monsoon season. The latest push for flood plain zoning legislation by the Centre comes at a time when floods have affected several states. On 10th August 2020, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India held a meeting with 6 Chief Ministers perceiving the p ..read more

Deepti MeenaResearch Scholar, Amity University, Jaipur Abstract: The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a global crisis and its impact are devasting. The Government of India has taken some steps but it was far more difficult for them to reach hundreds of populations as India is very vast. During this blind spot, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) played a distinct role in helping out at large. This trade-off created a win-win scenario as by allowing funds spent on COVID-19 relief work free them from CSR obligation, as it was the statutory requirement under the Compa ..read more

Introduction The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 was passed on December 11, 2019, and came into force on 10th January 2020. Citizenship can be conceptualized as an estimation of a person that is recognized under the custom or law of a sovereign state or the belonging state. This legislation amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 to ensure citizenship of India to Hindu and other religious minorities such as Buddhists, Sikhs, Jain, Parsi including Christian who fled from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh before 31st December 2014. The ruling party, Bhartiya Janta Party stated that[i] non-M ..read more