About the Institute
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU) is a public law school and a National Law University located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established as dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute in 2005, and since then, has been providing undergraduate and postgraduate legal education.
It ranks 15th among India’s law institutes in the 2021 edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework report by the Ministry of Education (India) (erstwhile MHRD). The University is fully funded by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
About the Journal
RMLNLU Law Review (‘Journal’) is an annual peer-reviewed journal published…
By- Kumar Aditya
INTRODUCTION
Maharashtra and states like, Delhi and Karnataka jumped on the bandwagon banning the operation of bike taxis in their respective jurisdictions. Karnataka banned the operation of the bike-taxis way back in 2016. Thereafter, many state governments joined the chain in banning the operation in their respective states Maharashtra Government notified the ban on the operation of the bike taxi vide notification, dated 19th of January, 2023. As per the notification, the government banned non-transport vehicles, including two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers, for ride pooling and aggregations. Subsequently, Rapido approached the concerned department to obtain a bike-taxi aggregator…
By- Prasun Nabiyal
INTRODUCTION
On 14th January 2023, Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (hereinafter ‘ICICI’) Bank’s former MD Chanda Kochhar was charged with an aggravated form of “Criminal Breach of Trust” under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter ‘IPC’) She was accused of defrauding the ICICI bank of 1730 crores by approving loans to Videocon in violation of its regulations. This post uses relevant legal principles and case laws to ascertain the foreeable stance to be taken by the courts in determining Chanda Kochhar’s liability under section 409. It then highlights the importance of this case…
By: Tarun Ashok
INTRODUCTION
The ethos of Indian democracy has been perennially centered around ideas of justice- political, economic, and social, as enshrined in the Constitution. Article 38 of the Directive Principles of State Policy outlines these values as aspirational ideals for the diverse institutions of national life. It encapsulates and promotes aspects such as social justice, distributive justice, and the strengthening of the welfare state. However, in recent times, the state and its myriad institutions have failed to be sufficiently informed by these ideals.
I. A BACKGROUND TO THE ARTICLE 38
A cursory understanding of the meaning and import…
By: Arun Raghuram Mahapatra
INTRODUCTION
Central Consumer Protection Authority (hereinafter ‘CCPA’) is the Central Authority that has been established under Section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (‘Act’) to regulate issues about consumer rights violations, unfair trade practices, and other acts that are detrimental to the interests of the consumers. Apart from the power to initiate investigations, file complaints in consumer forums, and undertake research, the CCPA has also been bestowed with the power to issue necessary guidelines for the prevention of unfair trade practices. And recently, one such notice by the CCPA has issued all the hotels and…
Johnny Depp has been wrapped up in authorized conditions for fairly a while now. Most lately, the Pirates of the Caribbean star was entangled in a (televised) six-week defamation case along with his ex-wife, Amber Heard. finally, the jury’s verdict fell in Depp’s favour, as Heard was discovered responsible of three counts of defamation and now should pay her ex hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. Whereas Depp has apparently closed the ebook on that scenario, he is now dealing with an assault-related lawsuit from a former colleague. And the accuser’s lawyer is talking out forward of the trial.
The plaintiff…
