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09-Oct-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Decoded: How the new epidemic Act aims to protect healthcare workers
The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020, has received presidential assent, thereby becoming law. The provisions of the Bill had already been in force, in the form of an Ordinance
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02-Oct-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Delhi Assembly vs Facebook: Is the social media giant answerable to states?
Facebook has argued that the Delhi Assembly can't summon a non-member to appear before it, since 'police and 'public order' do not fall within its ambit
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17-Sep-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Unascertained side effects of a vaccine and the lack of damages law
While the mechanism for compensating people who have had AEFI during a clinical trial is present, there is no such formal system for compensation when a vaccine is in the market.
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28-Jun-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
The jury is still out but SC shows the tricky path to virtual justice
Besides lack of bandwidth, litigants and advocates from affluent backgrounds appear to have trouble with the software
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22-Jun-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Shot of Hope: Equal access a hurdle after race to coronavirus vaccine
The second of a two-part series examines challenges linked to IPR and monopoly once Covid-19 vaccine is created
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05-Jun-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Education shifts online, leaving behind a disadvantaged segment of students
According to a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey, only 23.8 per cent households in the country have internet connectivity and only 10.7 per cent have access to computers
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17-May-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Covid-19: Why labour law relaxations will need to undergo judicial scrutiny
Geetika Srivastava checks out whether the recent labour law relaxations announced by several states pass the legal smell test
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06-May-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
New report raises fresh concerns over govt's Aarogya Setu application
The Centre has made the downloading of the app mandatory vide an order dated May 1, 2020 in all public and private offices, as well as in containment zones.
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26-Apr-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Coronavirus and the ripple effects of force majeure on contracts globally
In India, the onus lies with the government to bring clarity in the use of the clause for the lockdown period, say experts
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12-Apr-2020 | Geetika Srivastava & Sudipto Dey
Coronavirus brings focus on division of power between the Centre and states
Experts stress the need for an over-arching central law to deal with epidemics
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28-Mar-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Shuttl plans salary cuts and lay-offs amid coronavirus lockdown
In mail to employees, co-founder and CEO Amit Singh stated that he and co-founder Deepanshu Malviya were taking a 50 per cent salary cut
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22-Mar-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
To fight a pandemic like Covid-19, India needs overarching healthcare laws
Experts point out in India it is left to individuals to quarantine themselves voluntarily
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08-Mar-2020 | Geetika Srivastava & Sudipto Dey
Uncharted path: Experts seek light-touch norms to regulate cryptocurrency
Experts say what will also play on the minds of policymakers is the potential upside of taxing the cryptocurrency trade.
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16-Feb-2020 | Geetika Srivastava & Sudipto Dey
MCA's proposal to curb non-audit services will affect small firms: Experts
Any move to cap the number of clients of large audit firms will hurt investment, say experts
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26-Jan-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
Unitech takeover: Despite IBC and RERA, homebuyers find no relief
Analysts point out the RERA, too, has not been able to stem the litany of woes faced by homebuyers in financially stressed projects
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05-Jan-2020 | Geetika Srivastava & Sudipto Dey
New GST rules to eligibility test, what's on India Inc's checklist for 2020
The changes in the indirect tax regime continue to remain the primary concern for business.
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04-Jan-2020 | Geetika Srivastava
No need for further corporation tax cuts, says Abhijit Banerjee
I think you have to get the demand side going... you need to get money in the hands of people who will spend it now, people who need the money, says Abhijit Banerjee
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28-Dec-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
Finance Commission chief N K Singh questions 'discriminatory' IMF scrutiny
This comes days after IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath cautioned the Fund may revise India's growth forecast 'significant downward'
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08-Dec-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
Unfinished agenda: Govt to introduce bill to decriminalise company law
The proposal to make violation of the requirements under Section 8 punishable only with fines is also being widely debated
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27-Nov-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
No automatic stay on enforcement of arbitration award if challenged: SC
Apex court strikes down Section 87 of Arbitration Act; Does not give interim relief to petitioners, HCC, Gammon India
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24-Nov-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
Individual insolvency rules: Breach of personal guarantee is quite severe
The law can help keep a check on instances where loans are given not on the basis of the debtor's creditworthiness, but because of a personal guarantor
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07-Nov-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
Justice delivery system low on priority for states, finds new report
Prepared by Tata Trusts along with other partners, the India Justice report ranks states on four key pillars of the justice delivery system - judiciary, police, prisons and legal aid
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03-Nov-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
MCA floats a new testing proposal to filter frivolous independent directors
How do laws regarding independent directors in India pan out vis-a-vis other nations?
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27-Oct-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
Social media rules: Next 3 months key as intermediary norms get 'decrypted'
Arguments on data decryption have fuelled a debate on primacy of national security over individual privacy
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20-Oct-2019 | Geetika Srivastava
Repeal of obsolete laws: Well-intentioned but haphazard beginning
What is not taken into account are the innumerous obsolete laws of which, not only most people, but many lawyers and law enforcement agencies are unaware
