Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management

Advancing Law and Management

ISSN No. : 2583-9896

Redefining the Boundary Between Equity and Debt: A Case Commentary on EPC Constructions India Ltd. v. Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.

What happens when a company converts an unpaid bill into preference shares to satisfy a lender’s covenant and then simply never pays them back? In EPC Constructions India Ltd. v. Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd., India’s Supreme Court answered with a resounding: tough luck, you’re a shareholder now. This commentary unpacks a ruling that reshapes […]

Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Growth: A Legal and Managerial Perspective

India filed over 749,000 intellectual property applications in FY2024-25 — patents alone crossed the 100,000 mark for the first time ever. The country has leapt from 81st to 39th on the Global Innovation Index in a decade. On paper, it looks like an innovation revolution. But here’s the catch: filing a patent isn’t the same […]

India as a Global Arbitration Hub: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

For decades, if you wanted your commercial dispute arbitrated fast and fairly, you looked to Singapore, London, or Hong Kong, anywhere but India. Indian courts had a reputation for meddling in arbitral awards, and nobody wants a “final” decision that gets relitigated for years. But something has been shifting. This piece traces India’s real, if […]

Artificial Intelligence and Cybercrime: Emerging Legal Challenges in the Digital Era

The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence has transformed cybercrime from a game of scale into one of synthetic realism, enabling voice cloning, deepfake impersonation, and hyper-personalised phishing that have cost India over ₹22,495 crore in 2025 alone. This article examines India’s improvisational legal response to AI-enabled fraud, tracing how the Information Technology Act 2000, Bharatiya […]

GOVERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN INDIA: LEGAL CHALLENGES, REGULATORY GAPS AND THE PATH TO ACCOUNTABLE INNOVATION

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a specialized computational technology into an integral facet of economic activity, public administration, communication, employment, healthcare and education and digital platforms. The fast implementation of Artificial Intelligence, through generative and algorithmic systems has given rise to legal concerns involving privacy, consumer protection, accountability. In India, these concerns occur in […]