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Why the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021 misses the target despite good intentions

New guidelines for ‘accessibility standards’ a step forward but not enough

Should discriminatory customary or personal law prevail over constitutional law in India?

How the biggest semiconductor deal in history united antitrust regulators globally

Digital Economy Blog Series: Part 2

Making sense of The Union Government's recent Budget announcements regarding the tax framework for cryptocurrencies and the Digital Rupee

A well-reasoned referral order is indicative of not only debate and deliberation by the system but also key for transparency.

While the Court constituted an average of about 100 five-judge or larger benches a year in the 1960s, by the first decade of the 2000s this decreased to about nine a year

Making the collegium resolutions public does not make any significant contribution in the direction of transparency or accountability

The government’s vision of transforming early childhood education and care is out of touch with reality

Last year, both the Bombay and Madras High Court noted there were issues with the POCSO Act and its harming teenagers in consensual relationships.

Digital Economy Blog Series: Part 1

India has travelled a long way since 1954, when the case of M.P. Sharma first discussed the right to privacy. We cannot undo the gains at the stage of effective enforcement

NFTs specifically notified by the government will be covered by VDAs

Data suggests that over the course of the decade, the number of main cases pending before Constitution Benches has increased only slightly but the number of connected matters has increased drastically.

This article discusses and analyses the changes proposed under the new amendment proposed to the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 and identifies some progressive reforms that the amendment Bill must consider inculcating

There are a total of 587 cases (main and connected matters) pending before Constitution Benches (benches with five or more judges) of the Supreme Court.

Introducing Rules of the Game, our new blog series clarifying contemporary issues in Indian constitutional law

Ordering our constitutional rights to our doorstep

There is a need to rethink the regulation of social media intermediaries, in so far as online content is concerned, through a data protection law

Despite the importance of Early Childhood Education (ECE) for the development and lifelong learning of children, most states in India are yet to define uniform norms and standards for its implementation.

The system for evaluating judges is opaque

The IP Division of Delhi High Court could prompt the emergence of a robust IP jurisprudence that prioritizes the public interest and is founded on rigorous reasoning and well thought out conclusions.

Controlling cognitive behaviour through neurotechnology is against the rights to privacy, self-determination & liberty

The laws could have had more imagination, both in their regulatory standard-setting style, and in protecting the rights and interests of all those involved

The not-so-rosy flip side comprises the growing discontent among business users of ecommerce platforms and the regulatory muddle that defines Indian ecommerce today. The best-case scenario is one where innovation thrives as multiple platforms compete for not only buyers but also for sellers of goods and services.

An unfettered private security sector—especially in facial recognition technology—is a global concern. It is too lucrative to be checked through self-regulation

The PDP Bill in its current state appears to be a progressive legislation in terms of balancing information assymetry through legislative mandates, and regulations and oversight

A Book Review

The JPC report recommends that fake accounts and bots on social media can be stopped only by verification of accounts through simple measures.