By- Jaivardhan Sahay “There is a court greater than the court of humans that is court of conscience. But today there is a court greater than court of humans which is the court of Newsroom.” ~Mahatma Gandhi Media is considered as one of the pillars of the democracy, it plays a vital role in informing…
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By- Abhishek Rohatgi On August 17, the order of the Supreme Court in the case of Sayantan Biswas & Ors v. National Testing Agency (NTA) & Ors[1] has sealed the fate of millions of students across the country by refusing to postpone the decision of the government to hold the JEE (Mains) and NEET –…
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By: Vikalp Sharma Abstract IP law credits selective control rights to an individual over his individual resources, competition law looks to advance development by checking market boundaries to assist shoppers and empowering competition among a variety of providers of products. The TRIPS agreement deals with IPR and Competition Law in Articles 8.2, 31(k), and 40.…
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By- Aaditya Sinha In today’s time, I have observed one thing which has become the actual concept of “Trending”. In the age of social media, everything is now very quick. There are memes, roasts, and all those things which we would probably 20 years back have never imagined. Through the past 6 months or say…
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By- Vikalp Sharma Media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power because they control the minds of the masses. -Malcolm X Introduction The issue based on the media trial which is talked about by numerous Civil Rights…
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By: Manya Jain “Education system is run by people with little industry experience. Sports by those who have never played. And then we say we have a problem.” -Chetan Bhagat India is a country with a lot of versatility and diversity. Sometimes, Sports act as a medium to bind the people together irrespective of their…
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By- Madhur Bhatnagar Oil was being exchanged at around $18.0 a barrel and when we woke up the value blazing on our TV screens was in the scope of – $25 to – $35 per barrel. Truly, you read that right. – $37.63 is the place the cost of Oil prospects chose the NYMEX (New…
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By: Ishita Pancholi and Vikalp Sharma Introduction Plea Bargaining is a negotiation or arrangement between the accused and the prosecutor during which the accused confesses and approves to plead guilty for some concessions in his punishment. When a prosecutor has a solid case against the accused then the prosecutor may offer him the plea deal…
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By- Gaargi Tomar Introduction Mercy Petition is the pathway through which an innocent person tries to get justice if he is being punished due to miscarriage of justice or in cases of doubtful conviction. Also, it is to be noted that mercy petition is different from review petition and curative petition as review petition can…
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