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_The Aquamarine Law Rectifier_ 1:20. 2026This paper develops a philosophy of law from a selected-logical architecture. Its central claim is that law is not bare text plus facts. Law becomes operative only after a legal evaluator is selected: a regime of interpretation, doctrine, jurisdiction, evidentiary admissibility, procedural posture, burdens, remedies, institutional authority, and status att…

Civil rights inquiry claims policy may breach Title IX as administration escalates attacks on trans rights Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US education department is investigating one of the country’s largest women’s colleges over its admittance of transgender women in another escalation of the Trump administration ’s attacks on trans people. The department’s office of civil…

Context In Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala and in Minerva Mills v. Union of India, the Supreme Court ruled that parliament can't turn a limited power into an unlimited one. Therefore, Parliament ...

The Supreme Court temporarily restored access to the abortion pill mifepristone. And, Indiana's primaries will test President Trump's influence as he tries to oust incumbent Republican senators.

Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01441-8 Legal rights for insects: a global imperative for stingless-bee conservation

Fahad Ansari says it was ‘chilling’ that police ‘equated him with his client’ after he was stopped on return from family holiday in Ireland A lawyer who filed Hamas’s challenge to proscription in the UK was recorded by police as being a member of the banned group, “equating him with his client”. On a risk assessment form, a detective inspector, who authorised the detention of Fahad Ansari under t…

In The Legal Anatomy of the Body: Health, Rights, and Politics in Times of Emergency. Springer. forthcomingGovernments across Europe are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) tools to fulfil their obligations under the right to health and advance the core functions of public health: prevention, promotion, and protection. Yet despite their promise, these technologies risk reinforcing…

Micah Moore and Tucker Collins lost hearing and sight respectively after being shot at 'No Kings' protests. They're taking legal action and hoping for justice.

The Supreme Court justices try to maintain a cordial working relationship. But amid a sharp ideological divide, testy exchanges and simmering anger have been increasing.

Authorities have arrested an Uber driver accused of attempting to kill a law enforcement officer while fleeing a traffic stop in Lennox then holding a woman hostage in his vehicle.

Riya Chaudhary, BBA LLB (Hons.), Amity Law School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh ABSTRACT In light of the evolving complexity within capital markets and the expanding involvement of both institutional and retail investors, the regulation of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in India has seen substantial shifts. As the lead regulatory body, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has est…

Ritzy Jalan, Jindal Global Law School The Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (the BNS), aimed to eradicate colonial evils of criminal law in India. Macaulay’s Indian Penal Code was criticized for being unevolved, needed constant amendments to accommodate “gender neutrality” and to decolonize laws by narrowing the scope of sedition laws and mob-lynching. Decolonization in criminal law refers to the disma…

P. Gopinath, Department of Legal Studies, School of Law, Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai Dr. S. Jenifer Stella, Assistant Professor, Department of Legal Studies, School of Law, Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai ABSTRACT Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is a significant development in the Indian judicial system t…

Risha Yadav, Amity Law School, Noida ABSTRACT This chapter traces the regulatory evolution of Competition Commission of India (CCI) prior approval requirements within India's Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), spanning the enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 through the Supreme Court's judgment in Independent Sugar Corporation Ltd. v. Girish Sriram Juneja in January…

Baby Zoengpuii, LL.M., The ICFAI University, Dehradun Prof. (Dr.) Arun Kumar Singh, The ICFAI University, Dehradun ABSTRACT The proliferation of digital technologies has engendered a distinct and alarming category of gender-based violence: cybercrimes against women. This paper undertakes a comprehensive doctrinal and analytical examination of the legal framework governing such offences in India, …

Ridhima Anand, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi Sudhishna Sharma, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi ABSTRACT This article explores whether India’s extensive framework of special protections truly safeguards communities vulnerable to identity-based atrocities. Despite constitutional postulates which highlight equality and dignity, caste-based violence…

Riya Saroha, Amity University, Noida ABSTRACT Freedom of contract is the fundamental principle of trade and commerce as it enables the parties to freely negotiate their legal relations by agreement. Nevertheless, this freedom of contract should not be unconditional because there is a need to exercise judicial control over contracts in order to avoid any forms of wrongdoings. Therefore, the main p…

Shubham Bisht, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University Dr. Nikunj Singh Yadav, Assistant Professor, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of toll road infrastructure in India constitutes a critical component of the State’s economic development strategy and national connectivity objectives. The adoption of Public–Private Partnership (PPP) models, particular…

Lakshay Arora & Khushi Sharma, Christ (Deemed to be University) Delhi NCR ABSTRACT This paper examines whether a successful Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) resulting in a change of control creates a fresh consent or renewed notice obligation under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act). Existing commentary has addressed the monetisation of data assets in …

Vrinda Jain, Amity Law School (Noida) ABSTRACT The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), 2016 represents a paradigm shift in the regulatory framework of the real estate sector in India, which previously operated in an unregulated market with issues of non-transparency, delay in execution of projects, misappropriation of funds and deceptive marketing. Buyers had limited recourse as …