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Online Session on ‘Arbitral Tribunals and Ruling on their Jurisdiction’ by GNLU, Gandhinagar | 20/05/2022

About GNLU Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar, is one of the premier national law universities of India. The university offers Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Ph.D. Courses in law as well as many interdisciplinary areas. The University is a forerunner in the field of interdisciplinary research. The University has established various centres of excellence to carryout research,…

Jarnail Singh v. Lacchmi Narayan Gupta [(2018) 10 SCC 396]

By Adv. Nikita Vaigankar Introduction The case of JARNAIL SINGH VS LACCHMI NARAYAN GUPTA is prominently known as the ‘Reservation in Promotion case’ and its verdict was delivered by a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on 26th September 2018. This case deals with the reservation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes which has always been a disputed and serious concept in India with…

Personality Rights in Sports: ICC Development (International Ltd.) v. Arvee Enterprises & Anr.

By Adv. Nikita Vaigankar Introduction Personality right is basically a right to have control over the commercial exploitation of one’s name, image, signature, or any other personal attributes which are admired by people or in fact, any other quality of personality. In terms of a sportsperson, this right can even extend to a particular style of player in related sports like the style of bowling,…

Twitter’s non-compliance to IT rules, 2021

by Pratibha Chandiramani Introduction  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in February 2021 released The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules. Three months was given to the social media platforms to act per the new rules issued by the ministry. In addition, a fresh notice to all social media platforms was issued by the…

Sedition Law in India

By Gautam Badlani (Project Assistant – CLAT EASY) INTRODUCTION The sedition laws applicable in India originated during British rule and were retained into the Indian legal system after independence. The original purpose of the law was to curb any dissent against the British monarch. The sedition law was one of the most draconian laws of the colonial period.  This has led to many people…

Interplay of Competition Law with IPR

By Aaron S John Introduction There has always been a discussion about Competition Law concerning Trademark and Copyright. Few believe that these laws go hand-in-hand while the others believe that the former promotes a false view of economics. In 1991 India took a major leap and liberalized its economy. This was done by the then Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. This was a major step towards…

Understanding Intellectual Property Rights

By Jasashwee Mishra Intellectual Property is, in a simplistic way, the development of the intellect or the intelligence of the mind of man. It refers to academic creativity and creativity in the cultural, scientific, and artistic sectors. Attempts are being created by countries around the world to safeguard proprietary information. One big explanation is to recognise the economic interests of…

Tandav – A Controversy

By Adarsh Gautam (CMR University, Bengaluru) & Amit Sheoran (SLS, Nagpur) Introduction Today’s era is the era of science and technology by which we can collect every information about the world by the various online platform with a single click. There are various online platforms by which we will represent our thoughts and can also listen to the thought of people. As a result of increasing…