Revisiting the Tussle between the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

By Harshit Tyagi, a 3rd-year student of Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur and Bhanu Pratap Samantaray, a 4th-year student of National Law University, Orissa. INTRODUCTION In recent times, arbitration has emerged as a popular mode of Alternate Dispute Resolution (“ADR”). With a notable increase in the number of commercial transactions, both national and international, and growing businesses…

NMIMS Law Review Article Writing Competition 2023

The NMIMS Law Review, established under the aegis of SVKM’s NMIMS Kirit P. Mehta School of Law is hosting its first National Article Writing Competition in collaboration with Saraf and Partners (“Competition”), pursuant to its aim to develop a platform for hosting contemporary legal discussion.   I.                Topics  Authors are invited to submit articles on the following…

Unilateral Appointment of Arbitrator vis-à-vis Termination of Mandate

By Ashish Kumar and Urja Joshi. The authors are students at NMIMS School of Law, Bangalore. The Calcutta High Court (“Cal HC”) recently expounded the scope of Section 14(1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“1996 Act”) in the judgment of Yashovardhan Sinha HUF v. Satyatej Vyapaar Pvt. Ltd.[i] The Section 14 of the…

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022: Promising features and Preliminary concerns

By Bharat Manwani. The author is a student at Gujarat National Law University. Introduction Data, often regarded as the oil of the 21st Century, is more valuable than ever in the present-day reality of digital economies. The largest democracy of the world houses over 658 million active internet users, and this statistic is expected to…

COVID-19 Pandemic and Egregious Condition of Syria: An Overview of Human Right Deprivations due to Sanctions

[By Divyanshi Shrivastava. The author is a student at Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur.] Introduction Syria, a war-torn country has witnessed little to no improvement in its debilitating conditions. The unstable economic policies and brutal political repressions have made problems worse. The threat to human rights in the country is as diabolical as before. There…

DISSECTING THE RIGHTS ISSUE PROCESS: IS IT THE GAME CHANGER COMPANIES WISHED FOR?

[By Rudra Shandilya and Disha Chaturvedi] The authors are students at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam Introduction Perceived by the common law from the nineteenth century, pre-emptive rights are allowed to the current shareholders in an entity, in proportion to their existing holdings, so that they could take part in the fresh proposal of…