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The Regulation That Asks the Right Questions, Just Not All of Them

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Introduction On June 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of India’s AI Committee released the Draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026 for public consultation, stepping into territory that legislators have long avoided. The guidelines are, on the surface, a welcome development. Among the key mandates is Regulation 6, which expressly prohibits the […]

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Married Daughters, Welfare Rights, and Constitutional Equality: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Kulsum Nisha v. State of U.P.

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Introduction The belief that marriage completely extinguishes a woman’s legal and socio-economic ties to her natal family remains deeply embedded in Indian society. This belief, often captured in the phrase “paraya dhan“, results in the exclusion of married daughters from state benefits and compassionate appointments. On 2 June 2026, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India,

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REIMAGINING MINERAL ALLOCATION IN INDIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SECTION 6A OF THE MMDR AMENDMENT ACT, 2025

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Introduction The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025 (“the Bill”) was passed by both Houses of Parliament to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (“the Act”) and received the President’s assent on 21 August 2025 and commenced on 1 September 2025. The legal framework governing mining and environmental

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Dismantling the Conjugal Veto: Constitutionalizing “Cruelty” and “Desertion” in Ann Saurabh Dutt v. Lieutenant Colonel Saurabh Iqbal Bahadur Dutt

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ABSTRACT This case comment examines the Supreme Court’s decision in Ann Saurabh Dutt v. Lieutenant Colonel Saurabh Iqbal Bahadur Dutt (2026 INSC 475), where the Court rejected the view that a wife’s pursuit of her professional career and her decision to secure a safer environment for her minor child could amount to matrimonial cruelty or

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Alive, Proximate or Stale? The Curious Case of The Live and Proximate Link Test

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Introduction In May, Hon’ble Justice Bhandari of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana quashed an order of detention passed under §3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Trade in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (hereinafter, the PITNDPS) Act, thereby allowing two writ petitions filed by one Dishant Goel. The writs, later allowed, were in the

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The Invisible License: What Zee v. Nykaa Reveals About India’s Social Media Copyright Gap

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1.         Introduction: Scroll through any major brand’s Instagram page, and you will hear it: a trending audio clip playing under a product shot, a Bollywood track soundtracking a skincare tutorial, or a chart‑topping song lending energy to a D2C brand’s latest reel. What appears harmless is, at scale, a potential copyright infringement machine embedded

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Lis Pendens and the Dismissal Restoration Paradox

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Introduction The doctrine of lis pendens has widely operated as a stabilising principle in Indian property jurisprudence. Enshrined in Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, it restrains parties to a suit from transferring immovable property over which substantial rights are in dispute, ensuring that pending litigation cannot be undermined by private transfers

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AI Generated Brand Impersonation and the Limits of ‘Use in Course of Trade’ under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (Part II)

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III. Passing Off and Safe Harbour: A problematic Immunity In the absence of a clearly applicable remedy under the TMA, 1999, the common law remedy of passing off merits consideration. The classic trinity established in Reckitt & Colman v. Borden, 1990, of goodwill, misrepresentation, and damage, fits well in brand impersonation. A synthetic advertisement that

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AI Generated Brand Impersonation and the Limits of ‘Use in Course of Trade’ under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (Part I)

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  Consider the following scenario. A brand manager at a well-known consumer goods company. One morning, a colleague sends him a link. It’s a sixty-second video with slick production values, in which the company’s logo sits prominently on a product that the company has never manufactured, their trademarked jingle plays in the background, and a

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