Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management
Advancing Law and Management
ISSN No. : 2583-9896
ISSN No. : 2583-9896
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The blog focuses on analyzing the legal implications of the Internet of Things in India, which is characterized by constant collection of sensitive personal information by connected devices, within a fragmented regulatory landscape. The fact that the implementation of IoT devices and its relation with the requirements of the consent and notice provided in the […]
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Informed consent lies at the intersection of medical ethics and law, yet it becomes difficult to apply for patients whose capacity to decide is doubtful. This paper examines the barriers to obtaining valid consent from two such groups in India — the mentally ill and children. It traces the evolution of consent from medical paternalism […]
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Article 110 of the Constitution defines a ‘Money Bill’ narrowly, confining it to matters like taxation, borrowing, and the Consolidated Fund, while Article 110(3) further makes the Speaker’s certification of a Bill as a Money Bill. To round off such protection, Article 122 further ensures that the validity of Parliamentary proceedings cannot be called into […]
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The rapid growth of e-commerce in India has made consumer lives more convenient, but it also brings with the risks of dark patterns, opaque pricing, fake reviews and inaccessible grievance mechanisms. This paper examines whether Amazon India and Flipkart comply with the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, and whether […]
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In India, the question of homosexuality is one that has oft been considered by courts – from Naz Foundation to Suresh Kumar Koushal – a question that finally found its answer in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India with the decriminalisation of homosexuality. With the recent case of Supriyo v. Union of India, the […]
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In K. Srinivas Rao v. D.A. Deepa, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court (Ranjana Prakash Desai and Aftab Alam, JJ.) held on 22 February 2013 that a wife’s indecent complaint against her husband’s family, followed by a sustained series of proceedings, amounted to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. […]
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Data protection law is usually imagined as a contest between an individual and a company. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) does not fit that picture well, because the largest holder of personal data in India is the government. Aadhaar, welfare beneficiary lists, tax filings, land records and city camera networks all […]
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Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 allows either spouse to seek divorce on the ground of cruelty, but the statute does not define the term, leaving Indian courts to construct, judgment by judgment, what mental cruelty means. Over five decades of Indian jurisprudence — from N.G. Dastane v. S. Dastane through Samar Ghosh […]
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India’s cities are built on invisible labour: the delivery rider threading the evening traffic, the domestic worker unlocking a dozen homes before nine each morning, and the construction hand mixing cement on a half-finished tower. Each has statutory entitlements that rarely survive contact with everyday life. Legal consciousness – the field of study that asks […]
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India has a legal framework for the education of persons with disabilities. It includes the constitutional right to education under Article 21A, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD Act), a five per cent reservation in higher education, and the National […]