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Part I of the article introduces the changing judicial landscape of animal rights. It analyses the negative impact of zoos on the physical and mental well-being of animals. [...]

Compulsory Licensing is a mechanism through which the State can force a patent-holder to grant a license for exploitation to a firm subject to certain conditions set by law. Article 31 of the Agreement on the TRIPs Agreement prescribes minimum conditions that must be incorporated by the Member States in their respective compulsory licensing legislations [...]

This article seeks to trace the emergence and operation of a stakeholder model of corporate governance in India, that is sourced in directors’ fiduciary duties, Corporate Social Responsibility [‘CSR’], and the agency of Independent Directors [‘IDs’]

While the law has been overhauled through the passage of the IBC, the trajectory of court interference is one that has to been seen in the coming few years. However, if the early signs are indicative of anything, it is that the judiciary has not learnt from the failure of the SICA regime – judicial interference continues unabated. [...]

On March 14th, 2020, Dr. A.M Singhvi sought to introduce the Population Control Bill, 2020 in the Rajya Sabha. However, this is not the first time when a National Population Policy has been proposed for the Indian demographic setup[..]

Last year, in his address to the nation on Independence Day, the Prime Minister expressed concern over the prospect of a ‘population explosion’ in India, and went as far as to say that keeping small families was patriotic. There has since been a renewed[..]

Hundreds of millions of Indians continue to have poor nutritional health despite the country being self-sufficient in a number of food crops. I argue that the shortcomings of the Indian food sector stem from limited ‘accessibility’ to food[..]

A decision of the Delhi High Court in Laxmi College of Education v. National Council for Teacher Education, has once again opened a pandora’s box with respect to the litigation surrounding regulation of teacher education institutions in the country.

The fiasco of financial service providers [“FSPs”], in particular, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services and Dewan Housing Finance Ltd., acted as a trigger for the government to bring these companies under the insolvency regime.

In Justice K.S. Puttuswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India and Ors., the oft-stated line that the Constitution ‘lives’ for its people was stressed upon (paragraph 31). The usage of the word ‘lives’ indicates that the reconceptualization of constitutional ideals in light of the ethos of each time period is the Constitutional function – essentially, it is a living and breathing document.