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The RMLNLU Law Review Blog is an online publication of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. The Blog purports to facilitate publication of diverse perspectives on a range of issues concerning topics of contemporary legal significance and interest in the form of short, well informed opinions. The Blog was launched in July, 2015 and is edited and managed entirely by a small team of student editors at the University.
Human Rights, International Law, Posts

Why India Needs to Buckle Up for a Long Journey Ahead?

By: Aastha Mehta Vijay Mallya’s rise and fall can be a classic Indian movie potboiler. His running away secretly to London; fighting the charges against him legally in British courts have been the subject of various news reports and journalistic commentary. However, in this piece, I am going to dedicate my attention solely to why India may see itself in choppy waters, legally speaking, in … Continue reading Why India Needs to Buckle Up for a Long Journey Ahead?

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Information Technology, Posts

Are E-Commerce Websites Liable for Their Sins in India? Not Quite So.

By: Swapnil Tripathi Digital marketing or as commonly known as e-commerce has become a common phenomenon today. E-commerce today caters to every need of a consumer by using technology, wherein the consumer can place an order, pay online using his debit or credit card and just sit back, relax and receive his order in a couple of days. However, as much as technology aids these … Continue reading Are E-Commerce Websites Liable for Their Sins in India? Not Quite So.

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Constitutional Law, Posts

Cow Slaughter and the Constitution: Uneasy Compromises

By: Shalvi Singh Cow slaughter finds a special mention in the Indian Constitution under Article 48 which specifically obligates the State to take steps towards prohibiting the slaughter of “cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle”. However, interestingly, it omits other bovines, seemingly because slaughtering them could not have been quite as profitable for the economy.[1] By revisiting the Constituent assembly debates, it … Continue reading Cow Slaughter and the Constitution: Uneasy Compromises

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Space Law and India

By: Ananye Krishna Presently, India does not have any legislation on space. It only has some policies and guidelines which govern space-related activities like the Satellite Communications Policy (hereinafter ‘SATCOM Policy’), 1997 and the Remote Sensing Data Policy (hereinafter ‘RSDP’), 2011 of the Department of Space, GoI. Besides, India is also party to international space treaties, the chief among them being the Outer Space Treaty of … Continue reading Space Law and India

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Public Policy, The Editorial

Bias and Prejudice in Police: Lessons from the US

By: Anjanay Pandey “Ques custodiet ipsos custodet – Who will watch the watchman?” In a world that is becoming increasingly diverse and enabling, stereotypes and biases are often the cause of pain and misunderstanding. What to do when these biases inhabit and affect the police personnel? Biases in law-enforcement agencies usually point to the existence of regressive and conservative outlooks which can be either inherent … Continue reading Bias and Prejudice in Police: Lessons from the US

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International Law, Posts

The Changing Meaning of Non-intervention in Contemporary International Law

By: Paridhi Poddar The principle of non-intervention has been one the fundamental principles of international law informed by the doctrine of state sovereignty. Of late, the advent of interventionist era in international politics has been criticized on account of the threat it poses to international order. However, an absolute principle of non-intervention is also feared as it would subject the victims of human rights abuse … Continue reading The Changing Meaning of Non-intervention in Contemporary International Law

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Public Policy, The Editorial

The Slow Wheels of Justice

By: Sunanda Singh Bisht Judiciary is one of the most powerful institutions in our country as it is a body responsible for deciding the collective destiny of over one billion people who are diverse in many respects, yet united under a democratic constitution. By all accounts, the judiciary, compared to the other two wings of government (the legislature and the executive) has performed well, retaining … Continue reading The Slow Wheels of Justice

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International Law, Posts

EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Where are the Laws and Morality?

Article by Deepali Shukla In an attempt to prevent illegal smuggling of migrants and their unchecked arrivals into European Union (hereinafter EU), the German Chancellor Angela Merkel brokered the controversial EU-Turkey refugee deal. It lays down that all irregular Syrian migrants (i.e. those migrating without the necessary authorization or documents required under immigration regulations of the destination country) who will arrive in Greece after March … Continue reading EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Where are the Laws and Morality?

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Finance & Banking, Information Technology, Posts

‘Bitcoins’: Legal Conundrums Surrounding the Cryptocurrency

By: Vikrant Yadav ‘Bitcoin’ is one of the earliest cryptocurrencies[1] which has gained widespread prominence in the digital currency market today. It is a “peer-to-peer, electronic cash system”[2] which is based on an open source cryptographic protocol and is independent of any central authority. A transfer of bitcoins is a transfer of value between the involved bitcoin addresses, and every transfer gets recorded in the Blockchain, a … Continue reading ‘Bitcoins’: Legal Conundrums Surrounding the Cryptocurrency

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