Blogs
Comparative Analysis of Insider Trading in India and Abroad
April 11, 2022 • Nikita Saha
Insider Trading revolves around unpublished price-sensitive information. To prevent insider trading, laws in the US are more effective than laws in India as they are not conducive to the needs of a rapidly changing economy and corporate structure.
Female Genital Mutilation: A Human Rights Concern
April 11, 2022 • Nikita Saha
This article aims to indicate that female genital mutilation is not only practiced by African communities but has spread to other parts of the world also and become a universal issue through the increased rates of an exodus of people from one place to another in search of better living standards. This article also focuses on the problem faced by the women and consequences involved before and after mutilation and the human rights that were violated by the practice of female genital mutilation.
Effect of Anti-Competitive Agreements on the Indian Economy
April 10, 2022 • Nikita Saha
Anti-Competitive Agreements are those agreements that harm the economy. Competition Act 2002 lay down the provision which helps prevent practices that harm the economy. Due to competition entry and exist of producers, a cost-effective production structure can be easily achieved.
Decriminalisation of Section 138 of the NI Act
April 10, 2022 • Nikita Saha
The government of India decriminalized section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 to improve the ease of doing business. The article brings forward the strengths and the weaknesses of the amendment made.
Agent Orange- Biological Weapons and the Vietnamese Experience
April 4, 2022 • Nikita Saha
This article introduces the concept of biological weapons of mass destruction and focuses on Agent Orange, a WMD used extensively in Vietnam. The article explores its usage, treaties banning its use, the experience of Vietnam, and international judgments revolving around such defoliants.
Clemeny Powers of the President – A Judicial Review
April 4, 2022 • Nikita Saha
This Article revolves around the concept of clemency powers vested in the nation's President. It also discusses its various aspects and compares the U.S. and Indian scenarios of those powers of pardon. This article also focuses on different features of the concept, which is backed by apt case laws.
An Analysis of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Amendment) Bill, 2020
April 4, 2022 • Nikita Saha
In India, several legislations were made to restrict cigarettes and tobacco products to improve public health, starting from the Cigarettes Act, 1975 to COTPA 2003 and now the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Amendment) Act, 2020.
What is the Doctrine of Severability in Law?
April 4, 2022 • Nikita Saha
The article revolves around the concept of the doctrine of severability. The article also focuses on all aspects of the doctrine and discusses its different essential features backed by apt case laws.
Patent on Human Stem Cell: Ethical Issues
April 2, 2022 • Nikita Saha
Patents are usually granted for new inventions or innovations that have a novelty value, are commercially viable, and are not mere discoveries or advancements of existing processes or products. Apart from the traditional patents, patents are granted for new life forms or processes to develop them through genetic engineering. A life form existing in nature is not patentable but when such life form is modified or a new process is invented that improves upon or creates a new life form, then such process or life form can be patented.
International Commercial Arbitration
April 1, 2022 • Nikita Saha
In modern days, the business world has been crescively reluctant to litigate in courts of law for any disagreement arising from international commercial transactions. Introduction of Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021 has made it easier to regulate international commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign awards in India.