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Festina Lente Or Unnecessary Interjection Inside India’s Approach To Res Gestae

- Tejas Chhura Introduction Originating from the Latin phrase meaning 'things done’, the doctrine of res gestae has been a matter of...

Leverage and ‘Legacy’ Enterprises: Bharti Airtel v. Reliance Jio

- Anandita Tayal In September 2016, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited [‘Jio’] entered the telecom market and took it by storm. It released a...

Communicable Diseases and the Criminal Law

- Shreyas Sinha I. Introduction As human civilisation grappled with the Covid-19 pandemic (now in its third year), governments across...

Colonialism, Critical Legal Studies, and the Indian Evidence Act

- Anmol Kohli Introduction This paper argues that the law of evidence is susceptible to two arguments developed by legal realists and...

The (Mis)Application of the Group of Companies Doctrine in India

– Soumil Jhanwar Introduction The applicability of the ‘Group of Companies’ [“GoC”] doctrine under the Indian Arbitration Act, 1996...

Reflections on International Human Rights Litigation and Climate Change

– Pranav Ganesan* Abstract: In this article, I reflect on the challenges and prospects of litigating insufficient climate action by...

Federal tensions in India’s COVID-19 response: The case of the many Epidemic Acts

-Kevin James and Akshat Agarwal* The colonial-era Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (EDA) played a big part in the Indian response to the...

The Curious Case of Derivative Action Arbitrations in India

– Ameya Vikram Mishra* and Satya Jha** The general rule recognised across jurisdictions is that if a wrong is alleged to be committed...

Questioning the Standard of Judicial Review in the Maratha Reservation Judgement

– Ishika Garg Introduction The Supreme Court struck down the Maharashtra State Reservation (of seats in educational institutions in the...