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An Act of God, No Doubt, But Which One?

An admirable judgment from the Madras High Court relieved a trader from paying license fee during the lockdown and focuses on the “impossibility” of performance of the contract and sees it under the scanner of Article 14.

A New Net-scape: Digital Giants and Media Payments

A house of cards comprises slender pieces of paper precariously balanced atop others, all living together in flimsy points of contact that agreed to cement the whole with just love and fresh air.

Koo or No Koo: Personal Data Protection Bill is the answer

After foreign tweets on Indian developments led to controversy, the government has reacted to Twitter on Koo, a homegrown micro-blogging site. Having two platforms will cool down passions.

Extradition: A powerful tool, but handle with care

As diamond merchant Nirav Modi faces extradition from the UK on February 25, the fact is that India has not had much success in this sphere. With Vijay Mallya too facing extradition, the issue is a complex one.

Development Finance Institutions: Govt should learn from experience

While the centre’s plan to establish a Rs 20,000-crore DFI for infrastructure projects is an old idea, its success will depend on transparency and accountability and its engagement with stakeholders.

The New Media Battlefront

By Inderjit Badhwar Cyber guru Na Vijayashankar’s cover piece in this issue of India Legal (Twitter vs Govt of India: Curbing social media) entitled “Twitter War Unleashed” is perhaps a global hea...

Twitter vs Govt of India: Curbing social media

The social media giant finds itself in a soup over tweets by celebs supporting the farmers’ protests. With the centre asking it to block 1,178 accounts and Twitter not complying, a legal battle looms ahead.

Covid-19 vaccine: Don’t junk that jab over fears of after-effects

By Dr KK Aggarwal There have been some cases of deaths after the Covid-19 vaccine was administered to people. Therefore, health workers in India are reluctant to take the vaccine. The country need...

Farm laws: Hold your horses on parliamentary scrutiny when legal examination is underway

The Congress MP’s suggestion to allow the Standing Committee to “examine” the laws may be misplaced as it can only examine Bills, not Acts. It is prudent to wait for the report of the panel ordered by the apex court.

Nirmala’s Budget: Caveats & Disappointments

In this issue of India Legal (February 15, 2021), our columnist Shivanand Pandit takes a close look at the Budget and what it proposes to do. It is not a wishy washy document. The Modi government has tried to put an honest-to-goodness growth plan in place by announcing “a bold and new-age Budget”

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