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Shadow CBFC: The Double-Edged Sword of OTT Self-Regulation

From Cinemas to OTT: The Shift and the Legal Gap With technological advancement, the world has shifted from traditional television and cinema to the digital medium of OTT (over-the-top) platforms providing video-on-demand services and publishing online curated content. The increasing access to these platforms by users and their effect on society have compelled the government […]

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RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION V. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN ANJUM KADARI – Part II

The mistake committed in Anjum Kadari The SC discussed secularism in the constitutional context, and Article 28(1).[1] It cited Aruna Roy, and DAV College to lay down a distinction between ‘religious instruction’ and ‘religious education’.[2] It stated that Article 28(1) does not prohibit imparting ‘religious education’.[3] Additionally, it relied on St. Xavier’s to declare that

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RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION V. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN ANJUM KADARI – Part I

Introduction The Supreme Court (“SC”), in Anjum Kadari v. Union of India (“Anjum Kadari”), upheld the constitutionality of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004 (“Act”), overturning the decision by the Allahabad High Court (“HC”) in Anshuman Singh Rathore v. Union of India (“Anshuman Rathore”) which had found the Act violative of Article

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Beyond the Form: Collective Awareness and the New Frontiers of Director Disclosure under Section 184 – Part II

The NCLT Mumbai Bench’s Ruling in Diven Dembla v. Precision Rubber Industries (2025) Reasoning and Doctrinal Soundness The Tribunal based its conclusion on a chain of authorities, citing: A. Sivasailam, Suryakant Gupta and Ravi Raj Gupta as aligning with the principle that Section 299 (and by parallel Section 184) is not infringed if “other members of the

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Beyond the Form: Collective Awareness and the New Frontiers of Director Disclosure under Section 184 – Part I

Introduction A statutory duty on company directors to disclose personal interests to their board is imposed via Section 184 of the Companies Act, 2013. A disclosure rule that has its lineage in Section 299 of the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956. This article traces the origins and evolution of that disclosure duty from the 1956 Act

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A Critique of Naresh Meena v State of UP and the Practice of Marriage-Conditional Bail in India: Part II

[continued] Statutory and Constitutional Violations The practice of granting bail to rape accused on the condition that they marry their victims is legally indefensible. As demonstrated through the critique of various high court rulings in the previous section, these judgments blatantly violate multiple statutory provisions in the IPC, POCSOA and PCMA, disregarding the legal framework

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A Critique of Naresh Meena v State of UP and the Practice of Marriage-Conditional Bail in India: Part I

Introduction The Indian judiciary has a disturbing history of granting bail to rape accused on the condition that they marry their victims. This practice is not only legally flawed but also profoundly unjust, as it forces survivors into coerced relationships with their perpetrators rather than ensuring their right to justice. Such rulings violate multiple statutory

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Ticket Scalping Fiasco: Need for a change in the Law

Introduction Concerts are a great way to relieve oneself but recently concerts have opened new avenues for hoarding, black-marketing and reselling of tickets as a large scale. On 22nd September’ 2024, Coldplay announced its concert scheduled in India next year and the tickets for the albeit initially being sold in the price range of 2,500

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How Can MLOps Professionals Build Expertise in End-to-End Machine Learning?

A Concise Introduction to MLOps MLOps, short for Machine Learning Operations, is an essential discipline for effectively managing and deploying machine learning models in production environments. It bridges the gap between development (Dev) and operations (Ops) teams, streamlining the lifecycle of ML models—from creation and deployment to monitoring and updates. MLOps optimizes workflows and standardizes

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Analysing ‘Penalty Basis’ Under New Regulations & Guidelines: Is the Transition from ‘Relevant’ to ‘Global’ Turnover Real?

Introduction With the enactment of the Competition Amendment Act, 2023, the Indian competition regulatory framework is undergoing significant changes. The most notable modification through this amendment was the adoption of ‘global turnover’ by discarding ‘relevant turnover’ under Section 27(b) for imposing penalties by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Further, on March 06, 2024, a

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