By: Muskan Sharma The Criminal Law regime in India is regulated by the following statutes: The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “CrPC”) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (hereinafter referred to as “Evidence Act”) The IPC provides for classification between different offences. […]
By: Himali Sylvester Technological development has secured a merry place in the world today. Its development has seeped into various domains of human life and the legal discipline is no exception to this common phenomena. It can then conveniently be said that technology has now become the edifice of democratic polity. As the unprecedented Covid-19 […]
By:- Rajat Nischal A trademark if perceived in a true layman’s sense would be referred to as a visual representation of a word, label, numeric characters, name, or device consumed by an entity in order to segregate/ distinguish its own identity/ services or goods from the previously present comparable services/goods stemming from a different entity/organization. […]
By: Rushika M “It is most useful that the true origins of memorable inventions be known, especially of those that were conceived not by accident but by an effort of meditation. The use of this is not merely that history may give everyone his due and others be spurred by the expectation of similar praise, […]
By:-Muskan Sharma Introduction Cyber Law, as the name suggests, deals with statutory provisions that regulate Cyberspace. With the advent of digitalization and AI (Artificial Intelligence), there is a significant rise in Cyber Crimes being registered. Around 44, 546 cases were registered under the Cyber Crime head in 2019 as compared to 27, 248 cases in […]
By: Vallabhi Rastogi INTRODUCTION With the introduction and implementation of ‘Digital India’, major segment of the Indian population has shifted to undertaking online transactions and availing the services offered over the internet. This shift is also because the Government has offered additional benefits for online transactions so as to promote digitization. This increased use of […]
By: Muskan Sharma Concept of Plea Bargaining Plea Bargaining is a process where the accused is asked to plead guilty in exchange of the judge acting lenient while awarding punishment or considering the seriousness of the offence. It is derived from the Latin phrase ‘Nolo Contendere’ which means ‘I do not wish to contend’ i.e. […]
By: Ishika Gautam COMPETITION LAW The Indian Government in pursuit of increasing the economic efficiency of our country acknowledged the Liberalization, Privatization, and globalization era by liberalizing the country’s economy and reducing governmental control. Currently, the Indian economy is facing aggressive competition in every field. Fair competition has proven to be an effective mechanism which […]
By: Kunjan Makwana Introduction India can be deemed to be regarded as a maritime state which has a long coastline that is 7500 kilometres long. Since India is a maritime nation, it has 274 islands that are surrounding the Indian territory in close consonance to the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, which can […]
– 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 […]
