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Online Digital Piracy: The Role of Dynamic Injunctions and the Way Forward

7 September 2023 / Intellectual Property, Blog, Entertainment, Featured Posts, Piracy / Shashank Mohan Prasad

In this post, the author addresses the global rise of online piracy, affecting sectors such as movies, software, and books. Alarming statistics reveal billions of visits to pirated websites, particularly in India, impacting legitimate industries. The article discusses website blocking as a piracy countermeasure, including its methods and drawbacks like over-blocking. It explores “Dynamic Injunctions” to combat rogue websites’ reappearance. The role and concerns of ISPs, legal aspects, and potential legislative impacts are also examined. The article concludes by suggesting Blockchain technology as a piracy deterrent, urging government support for its adoption to protect the digital landscape.

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Unveiling Promise and Perils: Opportunities, Risks, and Ethical Issues in the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Investigations

17 August 2023 / Artificial Intelligence, Blog, Featured Posts / Arjun Chaprana

In this post, the author seeks to examine the potential applications, dangers, and ethical concerns surrounding the use/integration of AI in criminal investigations.

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Finding the Right Balance: The Pre-Deposit Requirement in Antitrust Appeals

14 July 2023 / Competition Law, Blog, Featured Posts / Ekta Agarwal and Shruti Srivastava

In this piece, the author aims to analyze the pre-deposit requirements under the Competition Law Regime after the onset of the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with special emphasis on the Competition Law Review Committee Report of 2019.

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Legal Tech, Change and Adoption: Integration of Legal Tech in the Practice of Law

14 June 2023 / Featured Posts, Artificial Intelligence, Blog, Technology Law / Akshat Dahate

In this post, the author aims to highlight the various ways in which technology is being integrated into the practice of law. In doing so, the authors also underlines the benefits of the same as also highlighting the challenges lying ahead.

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The implementation of Fractional Shareholding in India

30 May 2023 / Company Law, Blog, Featured Posts / Ishita Ayala

Introduction A fractional share is any stock or other security that a shareholder holds in comparison to a full share. A fraction of a share of stock in a business is known as a fractional share. If the Company Law Committee’s proposal to permit fractional shareholding in India is adopted, an investor who wants to

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Bringing out the threat of Deepfake Technology to the Insurance Industry

4 May 2023 / Technology Law, Blog, Featured Posts, Insurance / Vedant Saxena

In this post, the author attempts to highlight the concerns being posed by deepfakes to insurance companies and in doing so, also provides some solutions to counter the impact of deepfakes.

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Legal Education in India: Need for a Revamp?

26 April 2023 / Legal Education, Blog, Featured Posts / Abhivardhan

In this post, the author attempts to analyse the shortcomings of the present day legal education setup in India, alongside providing possible solutions to these shortcomings.

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The ICC and the Obligation to Arrest an In-Office Head of State

10 April 2023 / International Law, Blog, Featured Posts / Shirin Suri

In this post, the author attempts to draw conclusions regarding the necessity to detain the President of the Russian Federation in order to prosecute him at the ICC from the current international judicial practice.

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Judging One’s Own Bias- the Peculiar Case of the Indian Arbitrator

2 April 2023 / Arbitration, Blog, Featured Posts / Aditya Singh and Rahul Kumar

In this post, the authors analyse the decision of the Delhi High Court in Union of India v. Reliance Industries Ltd. to argue that allowing arbitrators to rule on their own impartiality potentially violates this principle of natural justice.

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LEGAL MORALISM: A TENUOUS PRINCIPLE OF CRIMINALISATION

3 March 2023 / Featured Posts, Blog, Criminal Law and Justice / Atreya Chakraborty

In this article, the author aims to critically analyse the principle of legal moralism and explain as to why criminalisation of conduct cannot be justified on grounds of morality alone.

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