Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Behind the Scenes
Evangelia Linaki, LL.M. Student at Leiden University The existence of the notion of human rights can be traced back to the Magna Carta Libertatum of the 13th century, which referred…
Study Materials
Arbitration Agreements under Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996
Author: Prerna Khatri, Research Associate “For an arbitrator goes by the equity of a case, a judge by the law, and arbitration was invented with the express purpose of securing…
Environment vs. Development: Striking the Perfect balance
Author: Akshay Shandilya, Research Associate “The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles…
Discharge of Contract under Indian Contract Act
Author: Sourish Saha, Research Associate A contract is discharged when the agreement is terminated. The most desirable case is when a contract terminates because it has been completely performed with…
Essential Elements of an Arbitration Agreement
Author: Vedang Mishra, Research Associate Arbitration provides for an alternative forum to the time consuming and expensive court proceedings and ensures speedy disposal of cases without the court’s intervention. In…
TRIPS on Copyrights and Provisions in Indian Law
Author: Abhinav Gaur, Research Associate Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) – An Overview The TRIPS Agreement is the most comprehensive and extensive piece of multilateral agreement on…
Aysha v. Ozir Hassan: The Publicised Judgment by Madras HC
Author: Nivedita Saxena, Research Associate Facts of the case ((Crl. R.C. No. 674 of 2007Decided on 17th June 2013, by Single Judge Bench of C.S. Karnan, J. available at http://judis.nic.in/judis_chennai/qrydisp.aspx?filename=42120…
Polluter Pays Principle
Author: Anshu Bansal, Research Associate The polluter pays principle states that whoever is responsible for damage to the environment should bear the costs associated with it ((The United Nations Environmental…
Importance of Biodiversity
Author: Anshu Bansal, Research Associate On earth, biodiversity is an exceptionally important part of life. Few decades ago, the topic was not considered worth to discuss but current change of…
Justifications for punishment and their relevance to criminal offences
Author: Dmytro Tupchiienko, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge (UK) Theories of Punishment and their Origins For punishment to be instituted, a conduct or behaviour must be deemed as improper…