NICKELED AND DIMED

This article discusses the recent 2021 elections in West Bengal where the Supreme Court challenged the Representation of People’s Act, 1951 (“Act”). The plea submitted in the Supreme Court challenges Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution. It will also cover the available remedies which are available to people against their disqualification during the election.

Regulated agricultural markets under the APMC act created fragmentation which stifled the growth of the sector and limited the scope for investment. The 2020 farm laws were passed to liberalize current agriculture marketing.

This article tries to unpack the relationship between gender and environmentalism in India. While ecofeminism played a vital role in understanding this relationship, the modern notion of Indian environmentalism calls for an intersectional approach that considers the complexities of the different structures within Indian society. 

This article covers a discussion on the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme which was introduced by the central government in March 2020. We analyse the details of the scheme for major and strategic industries. The scheme is expected to improve India’s global competitiveness and employment opportunities.

This article first examines arguments for why gendercides should be brought into the legal ambit of genocides, then responds to possible criticisms and problems of doing the same. Finally, after establishing that gender groups should be protected under the Genocide Convention, the paper examines the legal reality to ascertain why that is not the case currently. The conscious silence or rejection of gender dynamics will shed light on how international law and legal fact is constructed and intrinsically tied to gendered politics.

This first article of the series talks about how Tamil Nadu managed to achieve remarkable economic growth. What makes this state different from other Indian states?This article looks into the history of politics and development in Tamil Nadu, starting from the era of K. Kamaraj of the Congress Party.

Recently the Pakistan Supreme Court declared the practice of two finger test or virginity test as unconstitutional. The Pakistan Supreme Court, while considering a criminal appeal on rape, took into consideration the legal validity of the virginity test into account. The court in Atif Zareef vs. The State relied upon modern forensic science and Pakistani constitutional law to examine the test’s need and legality.

The RBI’s move to allow more private players as ‘New Umbrella Entities’ seems to be a promising step in the fields of finance and technology. But what are these entities? How will they function? What innovations do they bring to the table? Are there any obstacles that can come in the way of business behemoths applying for an NUE license? Let’s see.

The increasing interest of parents to introduce their child to coding at an early age and the pressure tool of “Sharmaji ka Beta” has gone too far and landed the WhiteHat Jr’s advertisement under the ambit of Consumer Protection Act 2019 pertaining to false and misleading advertisements. Such market demand has also propelled a series of new companies to enter the edtech sector.

Scott Morrison’s government passed the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code Bill, which mandates Google and Facebook to pay publishers for the news content they display on their platforms. With a series of private agreements, backroom deals and threats of total shutdowns, the Australian conundrum seems to have been quelled . However, its aftershocks are being felt across democracies that are now confident in their efforts to rein in the ‘Big Boys’

In this article, Krishanu Kashyap explores the new standard for environmental accounting in national wealth calculations, adopted by the UN in March 2021, its scope, criticism and concerns.

This article seeks to examine the salience of the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Bangladesh on the occasion of 50 years of independence.