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The Supreme Court’s Judgement in Amit Sahni Case and International Human Rights Law

/ Human Rights, Blog, Constitutional Law, Featured Posts /

In this article, Adnan Yousuf (a final year law student at Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia) has analysed the Amit Sahni Judgement from the perspective of human rights law. The author has argued that the judgement is contrary to Article 21 of the ICCPR and the recently adopted General Comment 37 to the right of assembly.

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Sexual Protection Deception

Protection Deception: A Violation of Sexual Autonomy

/ Blog, Criminal Law, Featured Posts /

In this article, Pavithra Rajesh (a final year law student at National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi) has analysed the rape-adjacent crime of protection deception. She has considered the jurisprudence of various countries and highlighted the fundamental legal issues which arise with regards to prosecuting protection deception in India.

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Plagiarism Copyright Legality Debate

Who Watches the Plagiarism Police? (Part-II)

/ Featured Posts, Blog, Copyright Laws, Intellectual Property /

In this two-part article, Brian L. Frye (Professor at University of Kentucky – College of Law) and Akshat Agrawal (Judicial Law Clerk at the Delhi High Court) discuss the nuances of plagiarism norms vis-a-vis copyright law. In the first part, the authors explain the difference between copyright infringement and attribution under plagiarism norms.

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Plagiarism Copyright Legality Debate

Who Watches the Plagiarism Police? (Part-I)

/ Copyright Laws, Blog, Featured Posts, Intellectual Property /

In this two-part article, Brian L. Frye (Professor at University of Kentucky – College of Law) and Akshat Agrawal (Judicial Law Clerk at the Delhi High Court) discuss the nuances of plagiarism norms vis-a-vis copyright law. In the first part, the authors explain the difference between copyright infringement and attribution under plagiarism norms.

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Data Trust Data Protection Laws

Privacy and the State: Philosophical Anatomy of Data Trusts

/ data protection, Blog, Featured Posts, Technology Law /

In this guest post for our Law and Technology Blog Series, Akash Manwani (Chief Innovation Officer at Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law) has introduced the concept of Data Trusts for securing autonomy of data subjects and preventing misuse by data processors. The author explains the meaning of data trusts, highlights its importance and also provides different ways in which law can regulate such data trusts effectively.

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NEP 2020 Public Government Primary Education

The Two Puzzle Pieces – Learnings from a Public School

/ Education, Blog, Featured Posts, Public Policy /

In this article, Sakshi Sohoni (Fellow at Teach For India, Pune) evaluates the impact of the Right to Education Act, 2009 on public school teaching. She draws from her own experience in the classroom and highlights practical problems such as teacher training and parent participation in the implementation of a comprehensive education policy.

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AI Militarization

Crucial Understandings of India’s AI Militarization Landscape – A Comparative Perspective from China

/ Artificial Intelligence, Blog, Defense Policy, Featured Posts, Technology Law /

In this article, Nitisha Agrawal and Achyut Tewari (students of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur) decode AI Militarisation in the Indian landscape. In Part I of the series, the authors introduce the scope of AI in armed forces and delineate the steps taken by India to bolster the use of technology for surveillance, threat detection and mapping.

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Tech Law Series Algorithmic Journalism

Algorithmic Journalism and the False Equivalence of Ideological Conflicts

/ Technology Law, Blog, Featured Posts /

In this guest post, Abhivardhan (CEO of Internationalism and Founder of Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence) discusses the false equivalence of ideological conflicts vis-à-vis algorithmic journalism. The author argues that algorithmic moderation on social-media which is guided by political ideologies is an unwarranted form of private censorship. Finally, the author suggests certain reforms.

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