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Two Years of the New Criminal Codes: Transitional Jurisprudence and the Unfinished Reform of Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Published On: 17th August 2026 Authored By: Sanjana Singh KIIT School of Law, KIIT Deemed to be University I. Introduction India replaced three colonial-era statutes, which governed its criminal justice system for well over  a century, on 1 July 2024. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (“BNS”), the Bharatiya Nagarik  Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”), the Bharatiya […]

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NAVIGATING THE FRONTIERS OF ALGORITHMIC GOVERNANCE: EX-ANTE REGULATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF DIGITAL COMPETITION LAW IN INDIA

Published On: 17th August 2026 Authored By: Chetansi Dubey University of Lucknow, Faculty of Law ​ABSTRACT ​The rapid digitisation of the global economy has exposed fundamental inadequacies in traditional, ex-post competition frameworks when applied to multi-sided digital markets. Characteristics intrinsic to digital platforms—such as strong network effects, extreme economies of scale, data driven tipping points,

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COMMERCIAL SURROGACY BAN: PROTECTION OR PATERNALISM

Published On: 17th August 2026 Authored By: Sakshi Singh Amity Law School Noida I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   The prohibition of commercial surrogacy in India through the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 marks a major transformation in India’s reproductive rights framework. India was once regarded as the global centre for commercial surrogacy because of inexpensive fertility services and

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MANDATORY FORENSIC CRIME-SCENE INVESTIGATION UNDER SECTION 176, BNSS: BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND GROUND- LEVEL CAPACITY

Published On: 17th August 2026 Authored By: Sakshi Singh Amity Law School Noida INTRODUCTION The enactment of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, effective 1 July 2024[1], represents one of the most comprehensive overhauls of India’s criminal justice procedures since Independence. While much attention has focused

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REGULATION OF DEEPFAKES AND AI GENERATED EVIDENCE IN INDIAN COURTS

Published On: 17th August 2026 Authored By: Ayanika Mour Department of Law, University of Calcutta Introduction In the contemporary Indian litigation landscape, the admissibility of artificial intelligence generated synthetic evidence tests the limits of judicial gatekeeping, requiring novel regulatory mechanisms to safeguard the constitutional mandate of a fair trial against hyper realistic manipulation. The intersection

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