Month: April 2020
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Is the Amendment made to Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 sufficient?
Social media has always been a great source of information and the current happenings as well. It was the video of some common people throwing stones on the health care workers and in that way harassing and injuring them that went instantly viral and reached everyone in the country. And before anyone can know, the…
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‘Animals as Legal Entity’ – Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana: A critical analysis
The current paradigm is being challenged and legislations, political declarations and judgments across the globe are recognizing the rights of nature, moving towards Earth-Centric paradigm. Such a step is inexorable as the traditional environmental legislation approach, in which nature is a passive element being protected by law, has proved not to be much effective. Amidst…
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Analysis of revised FDI policy in India limiting bordering nations in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
In a recent note of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (“DPIIT”) dated April 17, 2020[1] an amendment to the Consolidated Foreign Direct Investment Policy, 2017 (“FDI Policy”) has been notified. The amendment seeks to prevent opportunistic takeovers or acquisitions of Indian companies by entities located in bordering nations, which might take advantage…
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UP Hoardings: Upholding Privacy, The Chilling Effect and a Missed Opportunity
On the 5th of March 2020, authorities in Lucknow erected banners across major road crossings in the city, identifying several anti–CAA protestors allegedly responsible for vandalism and causing loss to public property. The banners go on to expressly state the personal details of several protestors including their pictures, names and addresses. The banners go on…
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Malicious Prosecution under Criminal Law in India
‘Life demands self-respect and dignity’, were the words of former CJI Deepak Misra while awarding a compensation of Rs. 50 Lakhs to ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of espionage by the Kerala Police. (S. Nambi Narayanan v. Siby Mathews,2018 SCC OnLine SC 1500) Mr Narayanan fought the battle for 24 years to…
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Public Intellectuals and Pandemics: Questions and Dilemmata
Ninety-five per cent (95.6%, to be precise) of the submissions we received in the last two weeks were related to the COVID-19 pandemic in some way or the other. We have tried our best to publish the best of them, and shall continue to do so for the upcoming submissions. However, such a trend, a…
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