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Judicial Interpretations on Mass Media
By Dr. Sailaja Petikam The court has held that Section 3(1) of the Newspaper (Price and Page) Act, 1956 and the Daily Newspaper (Price and Page) Order, 1960 made thereunder were unconstitutional as being in violation of Article 19(1)(a). Levy of duty or tax on Newspaper Industry In Indian Express Newspaper v. Union of India…
Spain’s Infamous ‘Sun Tax’: Would It Pass the Test of Legality
By Karan Tripathi Spain has imposed a support levy on the producers of solar energy in order to deflate the looming deficit in the energy sector of the country. The tax is supposed to help the government in cashing upon the growing demand for solar energy in order to run the government-operated grid. Spain’s energy…
Composition Levy in GST
By Altamush Zafar, CA at leading accountancy firm, PL Tandon & Co. GST is round the corner and whole nation is waiting in great anticipation of what impacts it will have on their commercial setups. GST will dramatically change the way business is carried on by organisations of all sizes. In fact it is the…
Q&A with Pavani Reddy
Pavani Reddy ventured out of India to the UK in early 2000 to work as a junior lawyer at Zaiwalla & Co solicitors, founded by Mr. Sarosh Zaiwalla. She is now the Managing Partner at the firm. Being a lawyer working in a niche boutique international law firm, handling various high profile cases from across…
Compensation Regimes: Limiting Owner’s Strict Liability to Pay
By Capt. A. K. Bansal The 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims underlines the nature of Shipping as Maritime adventure. It provides for owner/operator to limit amounts payable, unless it is proved “that loss resulted from his personal act or omission, with intent to cause such a loss, or recklessly and with…
Taxability of the Rupee Denominated Bonds under Indian Law
By Ankit Kumar Rupee denominated bonds (RDBs) or Masala Bonds these days are becoming more enticing, thereby attracting both the investors and issuers. With these bonds, India also stands at a profitable position. In normal circumstances, Indian corporate issues debt instruments to raise money from the Indian investors. In contrast to other debt instruments, masala…
Plea Bargaining: An Analysis in Respect of the Indian Legal System
By Ritwiz Harshvardhan It is truly said that justice delayed is justice denied. Indian judiciary is though fair, impartial, powerful and due to these features it has won the confidence of people. But the major problem is delay in dispensation of justice which often puts a question mark on the credibility of the judicial system.…
Legality of Non-Taxation Proposals in Finance Bill
By C.B.P. Srivastava, President, Centre for Applied Research in Governance (CARG), Delhi The Finance Bill, 2017-18 recently passed by Parliament has raised eyebrows mainly on the ground that it did not strictly relate to ‘Money’, thus undermining the institutional checks and balances. In a bicameral legislature, generally powers are equitably distributed between the two houses…
Legal Service: An Indispensable Part of Legal System
By Dr. Sailaja Petikam The concept of legal aid should not be considered as extraneous and foreign to our legal system but as an essential part of it. It is neither a charitable sentiment nor an idle dream or a utopian project. It is an organic and real function of the administration of justice. It…
Importance of Intersectionality in Gender-Centric Discourses
By Dr. K. Rajani Kumari The recent debate on the abolition of triple talaq, initiated in the case of Shayara Bano v. Union of India, has once again opened the Pandora box which was hitherto unlocked in 1985 after the Supreme Court’s judgment in Shah Bano case and urgently closed by the then government to…