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Scholars in Conversation | Mitra Sharafi with Kunal Ambasta

On the use of forensic science, the construction of ‘truth’, and the colonial roots of these ideas

IJIEL Exchange

Panel Presentations – Dispute Settlement in International Law at the 10th International Conference on International Law

Harisankar K. Sathyapalan, A. Saravanan, Ronjini Ray and Arnav Sharma

Discussions on the practice of international trade agreements and related laws

IJLT Blog

Rule 3(1)(b), Intermediary Liability, and the Burden of “Reasonable Efforts”

Yohann Titus Mathew

Analysing the ambiguity of Rule 3(1)(b) of the IT Act Rules and its implications on free speech

NLSBLR Blog

Modification, Merits, and Mayhem: Can Indian Arbitration Regain Coherence?

Animesh Bordoloi, Dhruv Madan and Sanjana Pershad

The first of a two-part critique of the jurisprudence surrounding partially setting aside, modification and remittal of arbitral awards.

NLSIR Online

Thickening the 'Chill': Expanding the Chilling Effect Doctrine through Kunal Kamra v Union of India

Arnav Mathur

Redefining the legal doctrine of the 'chilling effect' on speech

SLR Forum

On Positionality, Ethics and the Morals of Fieldwork: An Interview with Vibhuti Ramachandran

SLR Editorial Team

A discussion on Vibhuti Ramachandran's book 'Immoral Traffic', which is an ethnography of India's anti-trafficking and sex work laws

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Rahul Hemrajani, Riddhi Alok Puranik, Shristy Chhaparia, Tvisha Vasudevan

A New Ranking System for Indian Legal Journals

July 14, 2025

Gitanjali Surendran, Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav

Scholars in Conversation l Professor Gitanjali Surendran with Dr Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav

July 3, 2025

Ronjini Ray

Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Talks: Shift from Multilateralism to Bilateralism

May 21, 2025

Mitra Sharafi, Kunal Ambasta

Scholars in Conversation l Professor Mitra Sharafi with Assistant Professor Kunal Ambasta

July 30, 2025

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Saarthak Agarwal, Praveen Kumar Yadav

The Arbitrator You Didn’t Choose: Party Equality and Joinder in Adavya Projects

October 8, 2025

This piece argues that the Supreme Court's ruling in Adavya Projects, which allows parties to an arbitration agreement to be impleaded after the tribunal is constituted, undermines the fundamental principle of party equality and creates a procedural unfairness akin to the unilateral appointments invalidated in Perkins Eastman. The article proposes a corrective safeguard, modelled on international rules like the ICC, requiring a subsequently joined signatory's express consent to the pre-constituted tribunal to preserve procedural integrity.

Arnav Mathur

Thickening the “Chill”: Expanding the Chilling Effect Doctrine through Kunal Kamra v Union of India

October 2, 2025

Yash Sinha

Diluting Security: Part of the IBC’s Wise Design to Break Contracts

August 27, 2025

Shubhankar Sharan, Arima Kaushal

Attributing Personal Liability to Drafters: A Doctrinal Incompatibility

August 22, 2025

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SLR Editorial Team

On Positionality, Ethics and the Morals of Fieldwork: An Interview with Vibhuti Ramachandran

September 23, 2025

Teaching International Law: Navigating between Mainstream and Critical International Law

September 6, 2025

Srinivas Burra

The teaching and researching of critical international law in TWAIL

September 5, 2025

Ashna Singh

Growing Integration and Inward-looking Normativity of International Law: Do We Need a New Pedagogy?

September 3, 2025

Akhila Gangadhar Basalalli

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Anshul Semwal*

Rethinking Law Firm Ownership in the AI Age

October 3, 2025

The prevailing business model of Indian law firms relies on labor arbitrage. Junior associates handle high-volume, low-value work that is billed to clients at rates higher than their cost. In effect, firms achieve profitability and scalability only by continually increasing headcount to generate more billable hours. While historically effective, this revenue model is now coming […]

Avirah V Amprayil*

Admissibility of Blockchain Evidence in India: The Certification Conundrum

September 16, 2025

Subham Sourav and Asmi Sharma

Regulating Algorithms and Market Power: The Legal Future of Tech Monopolies and State Influence

September 16, 2025

Nandinii Tandon* and Mehul Sharma**

When Consent Becomes a Paper Tiger: Section 7(a) of DPDPA, 2023 AND The Third-Party Doctrine

September 1, 2025

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Pranava Kapur, Garrv Jain

Balancing Shareholder And Creditor Interests In Corporate Insolvency: A Global Perspective

October 4, 2025

Introduction Corporate directors have fiduciary responsibility primarily to shareholders under company law. However, they are also subject to common law duties of loyalty and good faith that serve the corporate entity as a whole, largely excluding other stakeholders. Corporate      insolvency grapples with a fundamental question: where does the primary duty of directors lie when a […]

Animesh Bordoloi, Dhruv Madan, Sanjana Pershad

Modification, Merits, and Mayhem: Can Indian Arbitration Regain Coherence? (Part II)

September 12, 2025

Animesh Bordoloi, Dhruv Madan, Sanjana Pershad

Modification, Merits, and Mayhem: Can Indian Arbitration Regain Coherence? (Part I)

September 12, 2025

Yash Sinha

Sharp Lines in the Sand: How the Hazy Law on ‘Tax Deductions at Source’ Found Neat Bounds

September 7, 2025

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Sanyukta Chowdhury, Amit Chowdhury

The Monetary and Fiscal Mechanism

August 25, 2025

Part 1 of this blog series focused on the distributive aspects of taxation: public goods and the market failure that they address; why it is preferable that taxes be progressive and relative to income and wealth; the political and economic case for taxing capital and redistribution; and the economic and distributive implications of tariffs. This […]

Ronjini Ray, Arnav Sharma, Dr. Harisankar K Sathyapalan, Dr. Saravanan A

Panel Presentations – Dispute Settlement in International Law @ 10th International Conference on International Law

July 24, 2025

Sanyukta Chowdhury, Amit Chowdhury

The Distributive Aspects of Taxation

July 21, 2025

Sanyukta Chowdhury, Amit Chowdhury

Money, Debt and Taxes – Introduction to the Series Published by Indian Journal of International Economic Law on

July 18, 2025

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