Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management
Advancing Law and Management
ISSN No. : 2583-9896
ISSN No. : 2583-9896
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India’s courts carry one of the largest case backlogs in the world: approximately 5.41 crore matters were pending as of 31 December 2025, more than 4.76 crore in the district and subordinate judiciary alone. Delay on this scale erodes the constitutional guarantee of speedy justice and the confidence on which judicial authority rests. Yet promotion […]
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India is about to lose the only real protection its law gives to health and biometric information and almost no one has noticed. The old law, the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its 2011 Rules, treats medical and biometric data as “sensitive personal data” that deserves extra care, and a Bill drafted in 2019 would […]
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This article examines whether the Constitution of India adequately promotes community participation in governance. It analyses constitutional provisions, judicial decisions, and decentralised institutions to assess the gap between constitutional ideals and practical implementation. The article concludes that while India provides several mechanisms for public participation, their effectiveness is limited by weak implementation, making institutional accountability […]
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This case commentary analyses Rajendra Nagrath v. L. Vohra (AIR 2009 MP 131), a significant decision on procedural fairness and legal ethics in civil litigation. It examines the High Court’s ruling on the right of cross examination despite the absence of a specific denial in the written statement and the ethical prohibition against an advocate […]
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This article explores whether the law is evolving at a pace sufficient to regulate the unprecedented growth of digital technologies. It examines India’s legal response to digitalisation through developments in cyber law, intellectual property, and judicial precedents, while also considering emerging international perspectives on artificial intelligence, privacy, and data governance. The article argues that although […]
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Environmental protection in Jammu and Kashmir has assumed increasing significance due to the region’s fragile Himalayan ecosystem, rich biodiversity, and growing developmental pressures. The constitutional changes following the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 resulted in the extension of several central environmental legislations to the Union Territory, bringing substantial changes to its legal framework. This […]
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The legal framework governing the rights of persons with disabilities in India, in the present scenario, is characterised by a profound normative schism. One side stands progressive, aligning the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD Act) and the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA) with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons […]
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This paper critically analysis the current ongoing legal anomaly of the marital rape as an exception in Indian criminal law, specifically under Exception 2 to Section 375 of the IPC (now retained in Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023), where in the exception shields a husband from prosecution for non-consensual sexual intercourse with […]
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Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India is a 1995 judgement which laid down the principles against the solemnization of second marriages by conversion to Islam, while the first marriage is yet not dissolved. The landmark judgement focuses on the practise of conversion of religion to secure a second marriage, being against the principles of justice […]
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The integration of modern global commerce and electronic communication has fundamentally altered the mechanisms of contract formation. Traditionally, principles of contract centred around physical documents, formal signatures and localised seals, tested by the speed of instantaneous digital interactions. The landmark judgement of Trimex International FZE v. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, 2010, is a key precedent to […]