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Commercial Law Monologues by Gaurav Pachnanda

Commercial law monologues: Does the “group of companies doctrine” in Indian arbitration jurisprudence transcend party autonomy?

The “group of companies” doctrine is consent-based and should not override party autonomy, particularly where clear entire-agreement, no third-party-benefit, and no-oral-modification clauses exclude ...
Smart Glasses (Representative Purposes)

Ray-banned? Smart glasses, reels and the rulebook

The speed at which these devices have entered everyday life has left institutions scrambling to figure out where they belong.
Legal Notes by Arvind Datar

Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: The Impact of US Constitutional Law

The impact of the Constitution of the United States as well as the Supreme Court of the United States on the constitutional law of India is worth reflecting on.
B V Acharya

Importance of Oath under the Constitution of India

Of late, a tendency has developed among politicians to deviate from the text of the form prescribed in the Constitution, and they swear in the name of chosen deity, or human beings, or associations or ...
Gavel outside Bombay High Court

National Judicial Reforms Commission: A proposal we ignore at our peril [Part II]

The fundamental flaw is the absence of an institutional home for reform: a body empowered to take a comprehensive, long-term view of judicial transformation.
Judges

Judges cannot carry the system alone

Why registry reform, court administration and data matter as much as judicial vacancies in reducing pendency.
Justice S Muralidhar and Raghav Chakravarthy

Nurturing curiosity in democracy, one quiz at a time: Ready for the Law Challenge

According to former High Court Justice S Muralidhar, to whom the book is dedicated, quizzing nurtures curiosity and curiosity is vital for any democracy to thrive.
Compensation

A cheque that buries the claim

The distance between what ex gratia offers and what law requires is not a rounding error; it is a gap the current system is organised to maintain.
Mikhail Behl

Systemic Integration as Philosophical Holism: Why International Law refuses to live in Separate Apartments

The article examines the principle of systemic integration under Article 31(3)(c) of the Vienna Convention and argues that the doctrine reflects a deeper commitment to philosophical holism within inte ...
Women's Bar Room Karnataka High Court

More than a room

Sometimes, the path to equality begins with something as basic and as essential as a room of one’s own.
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