Indian Journal for Research in Law and Management

Advancing Law and Management

ISSN No. : 2583-9896

Gig Economy Workers vs Traditional Employees in India

India is home to one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing gig workforces, with an estimated 77 million platform and informal gig workers as of 2026. Yet the sweeping labour law reforms encapsulated in four new Labour Codes the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security, and the Occupational Safety […]

How SEBI’s Recent ESG Mandates Are Boosting Women Led Startups in India

In 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) elevated ESG mandates by introducing the BRSR Core under the SEBI BRSR 2025 framework, requiring businesses to share standardised and verifiable data on aspects like carbon emissions, workplace diversity, ethical practices, and boardroom accountability. The mandate requires India’s top 1,000 listed companies to file ESG […]

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OR CORPORATE THEATER? A Critical Appraisal of Board Independence and Minority Shareholder Protections under the Companies Act 2013

The Companies Act 2013 represented a landmark overhaul of Indian corporate law, purportedly transplanting global best practices in corporate governance onto a domestic legal landscape long dominated by promoter-controlled enterprises. This paper critically examines whether the Act’s headline reforms mandatory independent directors, audit and nomination committees, related party transaction rules, and minority shareholder remedies constitute […]

REPRESENTATION BEYOND ELECTIONS: CITIZENS AND POLITICAL PRIORITIES

Connecting people’s needs and goals with representative political institutions is the biggest challenge plaguing democracies worldwide. Elections offer a democratic way to choose representatives, but it is difficult to guarantee that these leaders fairly represent the needs and preferences of such a diverse populace. This blog explores the increasing imbalance between people’s real concerns and […]

SHREYA SINGHAL & ORS. V. UNION OF INDIA – FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE INTERNET

The commentary explains why the Court declared Section 66A unconstitutional on the grounds of vagueness and overbreadth, while upholding Section 69A and giving a limited interpretation to Section 79. It also looks at the reasoning adopted by the Court and the impact of the judgment on online speech, intermediary liability and future regulation of digital […]

Judgment under BNSS, 2023: Contents, Special Reasons and Modes of Delivery

An explanatory article, written from a procedural perspective, which examines the provisions relating to judgment under Chapter XXIX of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, particularly Sections 392 to 404, which regulate the manner in which criminal courts deliver, structure, justify, and communicate judgments after conclusion of trial. A criminal judgment is not merely the […]

DIGITAL EXPOSURE AND WOMEN’S PRIVACY IN ONLINE SPACES

Digital life increasingly expects people to stay visible. Studying, working, networking, or even maintaining a social presence now often requires continuous participation online. For women, that visibility rarely comes without consequences. The same platforms that encourage self-expression also expose them to greater scrutiny, misuse of personal information, and forms of abuse that the law often […]