Month: July 2020
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Does COVID-19 qualify as a Force Majeure Event with respect to all contracts?
Introduction: COVID-19 was categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (“WHO”) on March 11, 2020. There is a significant impact on the business sector around the globe. In this era of open borders and extra-territorial business activity, this pandemic can lead to an enormous slowdown of the global economy. One of the apprehensions…
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Academics On-(The)-Line
Ever since COVID-19 has sunk its claws into our world, it has wrapped us around its little finger. Not quite unlike other catastrophic events, it has forced us to adapt our lives based on its whims and fancies. It has dug up the two-lane highway of routine lives and left commuters struggling to find a…
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Is raising a child a mother’s job alone? – The need for paternity leave laws in India
The announcement of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg[i] stating that he would be taking a two-month paternity leave took the world by shock, looking at how novel the concept of paternity leave was back then. Since then, we as a society have evolved. The recent 26-week paternity leave announced by the Indian food delivery app Zomato[ii]…
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A Classic Case of Inflated Claims: ‘Coronil’
“Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.” – Seth Godin While the entire world is in the clutches of a pandemic crisis, many are using it to construct a business model. The Divya Pharmacy of Patanjali Ayurveda Limited is running in the same race. The medical fraternity all across the globe has…
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Consumer Protection Act, 2019: An Overview
‘Caveat Emptor’ is Latin for ‘Buyer Beware’, a doctrine that forms an integral part of trade transactions. Whilst the Government of India (‘GOI’ or ‘Government’) constantly attempts to protect the interest of consumers, unethical business practices eventually find their way thereby exploiting the consumer’s interests. The recently enacted Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (‘the Act’) which took effect…
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The 2019 Amendment to NIA: A Critical Analysis
INTRODUCTION: IHCL hotels Taj Mahal Palace and Taj Lands End in Mumbai got threatening calls from Pakistan on 29 June 2020. The caller, who threatened to explode the two lodgings likewise as that of 26/11 assaults, recognized himself as an individual from the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The Taj hotel was one of the foundations…