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Between Love and Law: A Call to Rethink Statutory Rape in India

/ Supreme Court, Blog, Criminal Law and Justice, Featured Posts, Human Rights, India, Socio-Legal /

Introduction The recent ruling by the Bombay High Court, declaring that sex with a minor wife below the age of 18 years constitutes rape regardless of consent is a pivotal moment of India’s statutory rape jurisprudence. This judgment aligns with the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Independent Thought v. Union of India (2017) (“Independent Thought case”), that

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The Need for an ‘India-centric’ Artificial Intelligence (Development & Regulation) Bill

/ Artificial Intelligence, Blog, Featured Posts, India /

Introduction India’s swiftly evolving artificial intelligence (AI) landscape introduces a milieu of opportunities and challenges, necessitating a meticulous reassessment of the nation’s regulatory competence. The omnipresence of AI applications spanning various industries underscores the exigency for lucid, secure, and standardized regulations. The pervasive use of AI technology across diverse sectors accentuates apprehensions pertaining to transparency,

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Should Canadian Law Matter to Indian Jurists? Advocating for More Substantial Legal Discussion Between the ‘Long Lost Siblings’

/ Canada, Blog, Civil Law, Common Law, Constitutional Law, Featured Posts, Federalism, India /

In this post, the author argues that in light of some broad similarities between Indian and Canadian legal systems, Indian and Canadian jurists and practitioners must commit to more extensive collaboration with each other not only for the benefit of the legal science, but also for the sake, to a greater extent, of the evolution of justice as a whole.

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