Intellectual Property (IP) is defined [i] as the intangible creation of the human intellect which primarily encompasses copyrights, patents, and trademarks. The purpose of IP laws is to encourage innovations and creations. After the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, as vaccines slowly began to be developed by various nations, there arose a tussle between providing easy access to vaccines in public health interest and securing patent protection for such vaccines. In such a situation, the US government recently decided to put an application before the WTO to waive off IP protection for easy ac ..read more

Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery start-up, Zomato offered India’s biggest Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the year 2021 and converted itself into a public limited company from a private company on the 14th of July, 2021. The total size of the IPO is Rs 9,375 crore, out of which the fresh issue of equity shares is worth Rs 9,000 crore[1]. A lot of other big companies including Paytm, PolicyBazaar, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC and the government-owned insurance and investment corporation, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) are in line for conversion to a public company b ..read more

The Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘digital piracy’ to mean “the practice of illegally copying and selling digital music, video, computer software, etc.”[i] Digital Piracy in laymen terms can be defined as the act of using, reproducing, hosting, disseminating any information or content in a digital format or through the use of online technologies as a medium for the same, without obtaining due authorization from the legal owners/licensees of the content in question.[ii] Digital piracy has been primarily witnessed in the copyright arena, most prominently in cases of cinematographic films. However ..read more

As the world is havocked by the corona crisis, India is going through barbaric killings, in the name of honor, of those innocent couples who by defying rituals, customs of society marry Inter-caste, Inter-religion, and even in the same religion but different gotra. The Supreme Court in the case of Bhagwan Das v. State (NCT) of Delhi[1] puts honor killing in the rarest of rare category and declared honor killing as a barbaric, brutal, and feudal practice whose apt punishment would be a death sentence. Furthermore, Court again in Shakti Vahini v. Union of India[2] held that khap panchayat is not ..read more

Blockchain is a constantly growing ledger that keeps a permanent record of all transactions that have taken place to date, in a secure, chronological, and immutable way. In other words, blockchain is nothing but a chain of a block containing data representing anything of value, how they are chronologically connected in a chain that is secure, immutable, or unalterable and constantly growing. Blockchain is sometimes also referred to as Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), this technology makes the history of any digital asset unalterable and transparent because of decentralization of that asset ..read more

Political parties are an essential institution of democracy because they act as an intermediary between society and state and between the rulers and the ruled. They are continuously engaged in performing public duty and act as a medium through which the interests of the people get represented. Therefore, own duty to the people they represent. They are the vehicles of democracy as they contest election and form government. They bring people together to achieve their end, develop policies favourable to their interest or the groups that supported them and persuade voters to elect their candidates ..read more

The essence of a developed country is determined by its growth and development. In a country like India, there has been an enormous boost in technology which has turned out to be a great asset in terms of our economy. So far, every advancement has proved to be beneficial by bringing in more scope, one such being, Artificial Intelligence(“AI”). The transfigure of wealth from tangible control to intangible control like patents and copyrights have portrayed international recognition and development in the field of Intellectual Property Laws. Artificial Intelligence is one the biggest scientific i ..read more

Hindu women being conferred on rights to property ownership since ancient times, their property has been called “Stri-dhan” and this ownership allows them to use it according to their will except for a certain exception whereby the women’s husband may enjoy superiority in command. Initially, women’s property being divisible into women’s estate and Stridhan and women’s estate, they need to be understood to understand the evolution of the rights. WHAT COMPRISES OF STRI-DHAN AND WOMEN’S ESTATE? 1. Property acquired by Gift/Bequests through relatives on both sides (husband and herself), in the for ..read more

During the 2000s, the dress of Muslim women became a matter of debate amongst the Muslim-minority countries especially in Europe, which is also a subject matter of legislation. The garment which is needed to cover the face is now a matter of concern as many countries in Western Europe have had their motion in barring the use of face-veiling like burqa or niqab by proposing different notions of arguments in criminalizing the use of the garment. Muslim women’s attire consists of a burqa which is a full-body garment including the head covering, niqab whereas, is the body and head covering dress a ..read more

Artificial Intelligence is not needed to be evil, though it may harm or even kill a human being, if they happen to be in middle of a task given to them. An ‘Artificial Intelligent Machine’ is one which possesses one or more characteristics of such intensity that it may be called as intelligent as a human being. It is realized that AI has potential to transform people’s lives for the better by introducing new technologies and digital personal assistants which can anticipate our needs. AI Machines are wholly based on data generated and gathered from various sources. Hence, a biased data set coul ..read more