All posts by Law Review and Blog Committee

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 only double in the upcoming years. Personal data in particular, lies at the core of our digital economy, facilitating several business models and algorithms…

By Aniket Panchal and Swetha Somu. The authors are students of Gujarat National Law University. Availing leniency under a leniency programme provides full or partial reduction of fines imposed by the competition authority on companies indulging in cartels in return for the cooperation of such companies in disclosing vital information proving the existence of a cartel. Section 46 of the Competition Act, 2002 (“the Act”), in conjunction with the Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations 2009…

By Pritha Lahiri, a student of Institute of Law, Nirma University. Background: Recently, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has introduced amended guidelines[i] for the Other Service Providers (OSP). The Other Service Provider (OSP) is a Company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 or Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) that uses telecom resources provided by authorised Telecom Service Providers to provide application services such as telebanking, telemedicine, tele-education, tele-trading, e-commerce, call centre, network operation centre, and other Information Technology enabled services (ITes).[ii]  These revised…

[By Sakshi Shrivastava, a student of Hidayatullah National Law University] Introduction While a faulty automobile will invariably lead you to a mechanic, a faulty smartphone will most often lead you to buy a new one. The added complexities of modern-day electronic devices have rendered them virtually incapable of having a repair infrastructure. Putting the innovative capital cost and consumer interest arguments aside, this also raises much larger environmental concerns for the planet. This is where progressive concepts…

[By Rakshit Sehrawat, a student of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, and Shreya Tripathi, a student of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur] ‘Territorial Integrity’ is one of the most invoked phrases in the International Legal System. It is recognized as one of the linchpins of the International legal world, grounded on the fundamental concepts of ‘Non-Intervention’ principle. Since the end of the World War II, the international legal community has often been confronted with the…