Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management

Advancing Law and Management

ISSN No. : 2583-9896

Legal and Policy Frameworks Governing Government Procurement and Public-Private Partnerships in India: Challenges, Risk Management, and Reform Strategies for Sustainable Infrastructure Development

This research is a critical analysis of the dynamic legal environment of the government procurement and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in India with regard to compliance, operational issues, and risk management. With the increased reliance on the public procurement and PPP models in the infrastructure, provision of public services, and economic development, it is important to […]

Evergreening of Patents in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Balancing Innovation and Public Health

The practice of evergreening in the pharmaceutical industry represents a major point of contention between innovation and public health. Evergreening involves strategies by which pharmaceutical companies extend the patent life of existing drugs through minor or incremental changes that often lack substantial therapeutic improvement. This paper examines the concept, legal framework, and judicial interpretation of […]

Ajit D. Padiwal v. State of Gujarat- Case comment

The case of Ajit D. Padiwal v. State of Gujarat was initiated in 1994 by Advocate Ajit D. Padiwal on the basis of a newspaper report concerning the issuance of a non-bailable warrant. Padiwal filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Gujarat High Court challenging the legality and procedure of issuing warrants without proper adherence […]

Central Provinces Transport Services Ltd., Nagpur versus Sh. Raghunath Gopal Patwardhan

The case addresses the maintainability of an application for reinstatement and compensation by a dismissed employee under Section 16 of the Central Provinces and Berar Industrial Disputes Settlement Act, 1947. The respondent, dismissed on grounds of misconduct sought reinstatement before the labour authorities, which led to conflicting interpretations regarding whether a dismissed workman qualifies as […]

Legal Aspects of Indigenous Rights in India

Indigenous people are the most culturally rich communities around the world, but face the most discrimination at the hands of the developed people and even the State many times. Though they are provided safeguards under various laws at both International and national level but despite that their actual on ground implementation lacks a lot. For […]

Enforceability of E-Contracts in the Age of Generative AI

The quick development of generative artificial intelligence has started to impact the way contracts are formed, negotiated, and enforced. What was initially an easy move from paper-based to electronic agreements, has transitioned into a paradigm in which AI tools can draft, interpret, and even agree to contract terms autonomously. This paper looks at the enforceability […]