[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 new shares by the entity. This right is codified/arranged by the Companies Act, 2013, and the term used for issuance of such shares is…
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INDIA’S TRYST WITH VODAFONE: A CONUNDRUM
Bio: Mr. Swarnendu Chatterjee is an Advocate-On-Record, Supreme Court of India, and a Senior Associate at L&L Partners, Delhi. The series of never-ending court trials of the cases affecting the relations with foreign companies don’t seem to be ending any sooner. Every other day we witness yet another turn of events taking place in some of the other famous but old cases. The recent highlight has been the Vodafone arbitration case against the Indian government. The…
Song Remakes and Issues in Copyright Law: Assignment of Copyright
Bio: Akshat Agrawal is a lawyer specializing in IP theory and the intersection of law and culture. He is currently working as a Judicial Law Clerk at the Delhi High Court. Akshat has served as an editorial board member of the Jindal International and Comparative law review and is a core editor cum contributor of the IPRMENT Law Blog as well as the erstwhile 1709 Blog. In this article, questions relating to the assignment of…