Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management

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Saksham Nath
National Law University, Odisha
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India’s gig economy has grown at a fast pace and has created new employment opportunities, but has also left a lot of room for labour protection issues. While gig and platform workers were recognised under the Social Security framework there remain issues regarding implementation, income security, algorithmic management and social welfare. This article outlines the […]
Saksham Nath
National Law University, Odisha
Abstract
Gender budgeting has become one of the most important tools for substantive equality, meaning that gender is added to public expenditure. Although, India has taken a step towards Gender Budgeting since 2005–06 and has grown in the process, there are a number of gender gaps in economic parameters and status of women in the workplace. […]
Mannat Gothwal
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
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Justice has always been regarded as a distinctly human responsibility. But as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of performing complex legal tasks, can it also be trusted to decide disputes? This question lies at the heart of the growing debate on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in arbitration. The expanding use of AI in […]
Mannat Gothwal
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
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The Supreme Court’s decision in Harish Rana v. Union of India is an important step in the evolving understanding of the right to die with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution. Faced with the case of a patient in a permanent vegetative state, the Court recognised that the right to life also includes the […]

Property Rights of Live-in Partners in India

September 11, 2026 Volume III, Issue 10
Mannat Gothwal
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
Abstract
As live-in relationships become more common in India, the law has struggled to keep pace with the changing nature of personal relationships. Although courts have recognized the legitimacy of adults choosing to live together without marriage, there is still no clear legal framework governing their property rights. Questions relating to ownership, inheritance, and the division […]

Digital Arrest Scams and Existing Legal Remedies

September 11, 2026 Volume III, Issue 10
Mannat Gothwal
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
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In 2024, a prominent industrialist reportedly lost ₹7 crore after cybercriminals posing as CBI officers convinced him that he was under investigation for money laundering. For nearly two days, he remained under constant video surveillance, believing he was in the custody of law enforcement officials. In reality, he was the victim of a “digital arrest” […]
Saachi Srivastava
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
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India’s legal regime is witnessing a swift move towards Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), fuelled by the policy pronouncements of the NITI Aayog in 2021 amidst the serious problem of a judicial backlog of more than 50 million cases in the country. Nevertheless, with government bodies and businesses making ODR a mandatory precondition of relief, there […]
Saachi Srivastava
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
Abstract
In this respect, the Mediation Act is a paradigm change in the dispute resolution environment in India, shifting from the adversarial process to a more organised and collaborative approach. The current paper critically analyses the effect of the Act on family/marital disputes, with special regard to the imposition of the 180 days’ statutory period. In […]
Saachi Srivastava
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
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The present paper examines the feasibility of the Right to Erasure prescribed by Section 12 of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. Despite its official claim to be India’s adoption of the “Right to be Forgotten” (RTBF), a deeper dive into implementing such a right as part of corporate processes exposes the struggle […]
Saachi Srivastava
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
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In Shailendra Mani Tripathi v. Union of India (2026), the Supreme Court of India was tasked with an important constitutional question relating to menstrual equity, in which the petitioner argued for a standardised national paid menstrual leave policy under Articles 15(3) and 21. Through judicial restraint, the court rejected the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), deciding […]