CLPRS RECOMMENDS: January 2024

Publicity Interest Petition: Bombay HC Dismisses Law Students' PIL Against Declaration Of Public Holiday On Ram Mandir Prana Pratishta Ceremony -The plea argued that the State Government's notification declaring January 22nd as a public holiday is violative of the principles of secularism enshrined in the Preamble of the Constitution, as well as Articles 14, 21, 25, …

CLPRS Recommendations: December 2023

Public Takeovers in India: Flashback 2023In 2023, India witnessed 85 public takeovers, primarily driven by domesticacquirers. The total transaction size was ₹274.27 billion, a significant dropfrom the previous year. The year also marked regulatory measures againstmisleading advertising, including the regulation of dark pattern practices.Additionally, India enacted the Digital Personal Data Protection Act in 2023.The IRDAI …

CLPRS RECOMMENDATIONS: NOVEMBER, 2023

Review of 'Sedition in Liberal Democracies''Sedition in Liberal Democracies' is a welcome addition to the growingnumber of books on free speech in India published in recent years.? It is abook of very wide scope, combining theoretical, comparative, historical,and ethnographic perspectives. In a field which tends to be dominated bydiscussions of law-making, legal doctrine, and jurisprudence, …

CLPRS RECOMMENDATIONS: OCTOBER, 2023

Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities in IndiaIndia's legal framework for protecting persons with disabilities hasevolved, with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 promotinginclusivity and equal opportunities. India is a signatory to the UnitedNations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.Link- https://freelaw.in/legalarticles/Legal-Rights-of-Persons-withDisabilities-in-India Impact of Foreign Courts' Judgments on Supreme Court ofIndiaEncouraging a …

CLPRS RECOMMENDS: SEPTEMBER, 2023

Bihar Caste Survey: Why is it challenged?This blog looks into the recent Bihar caste survey in India, the Key findings of the survey,and how it will pose new challenges, changing the political dynamics of India.Link- https://blog.finology.in/Legal-news/bihar-caste-based-survey-2023 Nari Shakti: India okays women's reservation bill - but nothing willchange soonThis blog looks into the Women's Reservation Bill …

CLPRS RECOMMENDS: AUGUST,2023

The Replacement of British Mended Codes and Law, 2023The major revolution in Indian history occurred on the 77th Anniversary of Independence. The priornotice by Attorney Venkatramani informed the SC that the Central Government has been rigorouslyworking on the comprehensive amendments of IPC 1860, CrPC 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act,1872, in the upcoming monsoon session …

CLPRS RECOMMENDS: December, 2022

• Critical reflection on the Muslim women rights (Protection of rights on marriage act) The invalidation of triple talaq by the Supreme Court of India triggered the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. The paper demonstrates the superfluous and arbitrary nature of the Act in light of the Supreme Court’s …

CLPRS RECOMMENDS: September, 2022

• Four Years Of Navtej Singh Johar Judgment : The Road Ahead After De-criminalization Of Consensual Homosexuality Four years back, on this day a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, to the extent that it criminalized same-sex relations between consenting adults. The judgment in Navtej …

CLPRS RECOMMENDS: August, 2022

Har Ghar Tiranga: Tricolor coming Home The word Tiranga; gives us the feeling of patriotism or we say that it gives us goosebumps which enhances our feelings of nationalism towards the country and this article talks about a campaign which was launched by our honorable prime minister on the eve of 75th anniversary of independence …

CLPRS RECOMMENDS: February & March, 2022

Key Takeaways: The JPC Report and the Data Protection Bill, 2021 #SaveOurPrivacy The below article analyzes the new Data Protection Bill, 2021 as amended by the Joint Parliamentary committee, it categorically focuses on issues affecting citizens the most, which have gone unaddressed even by the JPC.  https://internetfreedom.in/key-takeaways-the-jpc-report-and-the-data-protection-bill-2021-saveourprivacy-2/ Homelessness: Need of wakeup call for a “State” …