International commercial arbitration is expensive and, unlike litigation, its cost is borne by the parties. In the post Covid-19 scenario, third-party funding can provide access to justice.
The Constitution is silent on prescribing a time frame for the Governor and the framers trusted high Constitutional functionaries to act with authority, impartiality.
The Disaster Management Act was never intended to have financial repercussions and directives under it cannot have mandatory financial obligations on private entities.
Indigenous history must be viewed through indigenous epistemology from sources which do not suffer from coloniality. The knowledge contained in them must not be dismissed as being improbable or apocryphal.
Despite huge reserves, India ends up importing almost 25 percent of its coal requirement. Some of it is unavoidable because of the quality of coal but more than 100 million tonnes of coal imported can and should be mined within the country.
The lockdown’s multiple negative consequences, like reverse migration and disruption of supply chains, will further add to the woes of businesses after it is lifted.
