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Informed Consent or Legal Fiction? Digital Literacy and Privacy under India’s DPDP Rules
Read more: Informed Consent or Legal Fiction? Digital Literacy and Privacy under India’s DPDP RulesBy – Shreya Maheshwari Abstract Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, were notified on 14 November 2025. These rules aim to provide a citizen-centric framework for privacy protection by providing consent notices in simple language under SARAL principles of simplicity, accountability, authenticity, and lawfulness. This article argues that the requirement for a detailed itemised…
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Taxing Market Optimism: Capital Gains Reform, Policy Predictability, and the Indian Retail Investor
Read more: Taxing Market Optimism: Capital Gains Reform, Policy Predictability, and the Indian Retail InvestorBy – Karishma Jain Abstract Recent fiscal discourse in India has increasingly focused on capital gains taxation through the lenses of parity, simplification, and revenue certainty. This shift has coincided with a steady rise in retail participation in financial markets, placing household investors at the centre of tax policy outcomes. This article examines recent capital…
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Bigger Picture of the Proposed Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 – A Critique
Read more: Bigger Picture of the Proposed Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 – A CritiqueBy : Anubhi Srivastava Abstract: The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025, poses significant challenges to the autonomy of the legal profession in India by expanding executive control over the Bar Council of India (BCI) and restricting collective action by lawyers. This critique examines the Bill’s potential to centralise power, raises concerns about judicial independence and impact…
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Capitalism Feeds the Bias of Disabilities
Read more: Capitalism Feeds the Bias of DisabilitiesBy : Rufaid Imtiaz Abstract: Disability is often categorised as a medical condition, but it requires a more holistic understanding. Political and economic institutions shape its outcomes. In a world where capitalism is advanced by the state, people with disabilities are largely excluded from economic participation. This paper explores the intersection of capitalism and disability…
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The Doctrine of Temporal Unreasonableness: Unravelling the Contentious Dissent in In re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955
Read more: The Doctrine of Temporal Unreasonableness: Unravelling the Contentious Dissent in In re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955Last year, the Supreme Court, In re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, upheld the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 by a 4:1 majority. The dissenting opinion rendered by Justice Pardiwala deployed the doctrine of temporal unreasonableness to argue that the provision has outlived its purpose and thereby ought to…
