Legally Speaking

Corona toaster: From the lawyer who sold his scooter

11 May 2020 05:56 AM IST

The focus will be on the cost effectiveness of legal services provided and competitive cost will be a defining factor. The customer will be picking up the best package with all the features at the most cost-efficient value.

Reclaiming a civilisational approach to the Constitution?

08 May 2020 02:17 AM IST

One of the reasons the Left-Right binary approach is at loggerheads with the Indian worldview is because of its messianic certitude which is non-native, and its condescending take on Indian values and ways of life.

Adoption of online dispute resolution in our legal system is an idea whose time has finally come

08 May 2020 01:49 AM IST

One can only hope the Novel Coronavirus outbreak spurs a movement of technology reforms that are long-lived.

Covid-19, an inflection point for digitisation of the Indian legal system

06 May 2020 02:21 AM IST

With inadequate infrastructure and lack of latest technological support, district courts across the country are far from prepared to meet the current constraints.

Impact of coronavirus on the legal system

06 May 2020 02:05 AM IST

As a result of the lockdown, the backlog of cases will increase, there will be a significant delay in investigation into cases and can prolong the trauma of undertrials.

Can Indian law or contract balm commercial wounds without force majeure clause?

04 May 2020 01:25 AM IST

The courts would examine the plea of frustration, or even force majeure, on a case-to-case basis depending on the contract and the circumstances governing it

Tax policy in the wake of Covid-19

04 May 2020 01:19 AM IST

Tax laws should be drafted to address concerns of a large proportion of honest taxpayers instead of focusing on the minor percentage of tax evaders.

Review contracts before seeking relief under force majeure

01 May 2020 07:20 AM IST

Infrastructure and development projects usually have these clauses to cover for delays and cost overruns.

Legal education in India: Will Covid-19 act as a catalyst for reforms?

01 May 2020 07:15 AM IST

Technology has enabled students in remote areas to access resource persons, literature and opportunities of internships online.

Contract labour: The Covid impact

29 Apr 2020 07:11 AM IST

The concept of contract labour is covered by the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 (“CLARA”) which deems a workman to be employed as “contract labour” “in or in connection with the work of an establishment when he is hired in or in connection with such work by or

Banking business continuity and much ado about force majeure in the times of the coronavirus

29 Apr 2020 07:00 AM IST

Even before the pandemic began, many sectors were already stressed and doomsday predictions of recession were looming over economies all over the world.

Covid-19 and commercial contracts: Is force majeure invocation the panacea or another pandemic?

27 Apr 2020 07:10 AM IST

It must be established that Covid-19 caused the failure to perform a contractual obligation. Just the cover of the disease’s global spread won’t be enough.

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