Unlike the EU, India does not have any existing legal framework which recognises the right to be forgotten. However, the Indian courts have taken varying views in respect to whether such right exists in India as yet. In Dharamraj Bhanushankar Dave v. State of Gujarat & Ors., the Gujarat High Court denied the existence of […]
Development of cybercrime law in the United Kingdom The enactment of computer crime specific legislation or cybercrime law in the United Kingdom can be attributed to a number of cases which highlighted the issue of absence of such legislation and the subsequent acquittal of individuals. R v. Thompson Firstly, in R v. Thompson,[1] the appellant […]
The communications system forms the basis of the economic development of a country and plays a key role in every aspect of an individual’s life. The communications system in India has come a long way from the use of telegrams in the 1850s to the extensive use of the Internet in the present times. It […]
At the European Union level, although the possibility of having a comprehensive legal framework dealing with cyber crimes was not a far stretched idea owing to the cooperation at the Union level, however, this idea was not considered until the late 1990s. Taking into account the growing incidents of cyber crimes, their peculiar nature, and […]
The concept of rule of law finds its origin in the rulings of Chief Justice Sir Edward Coke[1] wherein he emphasised the significance of the King being under the law. However, it was only later that A. V. Dicey in his book: Introduction to the study of the Law of the Constitution, 1885[2], tried developing […]
By: Vatsal Mehrotra Introduction Insider trading can be defined as buying or selling of a public company stocks by a person who has non-public and material information about that company or the management decisions to be taken by that company. Depending on when the insider makes the trade, Insider Trading can be categorized as legal […]
By: Ankita Pachouri Enactment of a particular legal system is designed to deal with from the stage of commencement of crime through its trial and right to its meaningful end, thus criminal laws or penal laws were framed. Penal Laws are the set of laws determining the action as legal or illegal and any behavior […]
By: Ananyaa Jha Introduction The capital investment in a business plays a major role in determining its long-term sustainability and success and there are various sources available, one of which is private equity, which has gained momentum since the past two decades in India, especially owning to the boom of the IT sector. At present […]
– By Apoorva Mishra The plaintiffs entered into an Agreement dated 9th April, 2000 with Balaji Telefilms Pvt. Ltd., in order to create, compose and produce 262 episodes of a television serial entitled “KYUNKI SAAS BHI KABHI BAHU THI”. Since then Balaji has produced episodes of the serial and their services were engaged by way […]
– By Apoorva Mishra Compulsory licensing is an involuntary licensing where the licensor is unwilling to grant the license to the willing licensee, but this entire agreement of compulsory licensing is enforced by the state, by which the licensor has to transfer the rightful authorization of the patent to the licensee, against all his wishes. […]
– By Apoorva Mishra FACTS The writ petitioner in the case was Bayer Corporation. The second respondent in the case was the DCGI and the third respondent was Cipla. The Indian Patent Office had granted the petitioner, patent number 215758 on 3 March 2008. Therefore, by virtue of Section 48 (rights of a patentee) of […]
– By Apoorva Mishra The plaintiffs entered into an Agreement dated 9th April, 2000 with Balaji Telefilms Pvt. Ltd., in order to create, compose and produce 262 episodes of a television serial entitled “KYUNKI SAAS BHI KABHI BAHU THI”. Since then Balaji has produced episodes of the serial and their services were engaged by way […]
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