COVID-19
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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… Read more.
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Health of many versus the Rights of a few: An Analysis of the Epidemics Diseases Act, 1897
Would you kill one person to save five? This age-old dilemma which is known as the “trolley problem” highlights a critical tension between the two schools of moral thought. The… Read more.
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COVID-19: Combating Bioterrorism through the UAPA Act, 1967
Introduction The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has inflamed the discussion on the potentiality of biological warfare in the 21st century, or what has been also termed as ‘Century of biological… Read more.
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Temporary Relaxation of Section 149(3) of the Companies Act 2013 in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 crises have had a detrimental impact on people in India and around the world. As on April 16, 2020, there are 10477 active COVID-19 cases and 414 deaths… Read more.
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“Philanthropy or Overreach of Judicial Powers”- Supreme Court’s Order of free COVID-19 testing by Private Laboratories
“The tests relating to COVID-19 either in approved Government Laboratories or approved private Laboratories shall be free of cost.”[1] This interim order was passed by the Supreme Court in wake… Read more.
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Free COVID-19 testing by Private Laboratories: Supreme Court Favours Humanitarianism
The world is undoubtedly facing the biggest humanity’s crisis of recent times in the form of COVID-19 pandemic due to which the lives of millions of people are in the… Read more.
