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Does decolonisation hold any relevance for a sovereign democratic nation seventy five years after it became independent? Surely three quarters of a century is enough for India to remove the vestiges of  colonial rule from its legal system. The unfortunate truth is that even  after all these years, and despite India having given itself a modern  and […] The post From Rule by Law to the Rule of Law appeared first on Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy ..read more

Abstract This paper studies the inheritance rights of transgender persons in India. It examines the legal framework for inheritance and provides an overview of all court decisions between 1950 and 2021 that mention the term transgender (and its analogous terms, i.e., aravani, kinner, etc.). Though the Indian Constitution bars discrimination based on sex or gender, […] The post Inheritance Rights of Transgender Persons in India appeared first on Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy ..read more

In 2018, the Report of the Insolvency Law Committee on Cross-Border Insolvency (“ILC Report, 2018”) proposed a draft cross-border insolvency framework (“Part Z”) to be inserted in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”). This was followed by the Report of the Cross Border Insolvency Rules/Regulations Committee. Collectively, these reports have proposed a framework for […] The post IBC and Foreign Representatives: Gearing Up for the Recognition and Regulation of a New Class of Professionals appeared first on Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy ..read more

Recently, India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) made several headlines as the monetary policy committee (“MPC”) raised the repo rate, not once but thrice within a four-month period, i.e., May-August, 2022. The repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility or the LAF was raised by 40 basis points by RBI on May […] The post Repo Rate Increased Thrice in Four Months: An Explainer appeared first on Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy ..read more

As of June 2022, over four crore cases are pending across district courts. Judicial delays are estimated to cost India around 1.5% of its GDP annually. Against this backdrop, it is hardly surprising that tackling judicial delay has become a top priority for Indian judges and policymakers. Minimising judicial delays can help improve the enforcement […] The post Mediating Cheque Bounce Cases Will Not Solve Judicial Delays appeared first on Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy ..read more

A robust process of submission and consideration of ‘claims’ is the epicentre of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP). It helps determine the liabilities and value of a corporate debtor (CD), provides a participatory opportunity to the creditors, and avoids extinguishing claims without due consideration. In the present article, an attempt has been made to […] The post The conundrum of ‘claims’ in the corporate insolvency resolution process appeared first on Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy ..read more

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