Editorials

DNLU-SLJ ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION 2025

By Editor, SLJ | October 14, 2025
DNLU-SLJ ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION 2025

Registration Form About DNLU, Jabalpur Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, established in 2018 is one of the prestigious National Law Universities. With the aim to achieve, impart, and disseminate the best in the knowledge of the law and to establish itself as a premiere institute in the promotion of research and academic culture, the University Continue reading

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Beyond Formality: The Unfinished Reform of Debt Market Governance

By Arushi Jha, Atharva Singh | June 19, 2025

On 27th March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) introduced sweeping changes to the corporate governance framework applicable to High Value Debt Listed Entities (“HVDLEs”) under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (“LODR Amendment Regulations”). HVDLEs are entities that have listed non-convertible debt securities with an outstanding value Continue reading

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A Relook into the Maffezini – Plama Debate

By Abhisar Vidyarthi | May 9, 2025

ABSTRACT This paper revisits the debated issue of the applicability of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clauses to dispute settlement treaty provisions under the ICSID Convention. The paper firstly introduces the debate, and discusses the contrasting views taken by tribunals, with particular emphasis on Maffezini and Plama. Secondly, the paper argues that creation of an artificial Continue reading

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DNLU-SLJ Call for Papers – Volume IV (2025)

By Editor, SLJ | February 25, 2025

Dharmashastra National Law University Student Law Journal calls for unique and unpublished research papers, Short Notes, Book Reviews and Case Comments – Volume IV (2025) Link for submission: Click here to access the form. Theme Any relevant theme pertaining to contemporary scholarly works on all fields of law will be welcome for consideration. Submission Categories Continue reading

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Transforming India’s Corporate Ecosystem: A Comprehensive Overview of the 2024 Companies Amendment Rules

By Akanksha Sharan | January 25, 2025

Introduction Recently, on the 17th of September, 2024, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) finalised significant changes to the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements, and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016 to streamline the cross-border merger and acquisition transactions in India. New changes in the rules also aim at the simplification of the mechanism of operations between the foreign parent Continue reading

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Regulatory Frameworks and Consumer Impacts: A Comparative Study of India’s BNPL Market

By Abhishek Sivaraman | January 23, 2025

Abstract: With the Indian Buy Now Pay Later (“BNPL”) market expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.2% from 2023 to 2028, it has become a popular alternative to traditional credit for small-ticket items. However, regulatory and systemic challenges persist as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed restrictions on credit-based BNPL models, mandating Continue reading

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The Push for Change: Assam’s Proposal to Repeal Assam Moslem Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935

By Anureet Kaur & Shruti Singh | January 22, 2025

I.      Introduction The Assam Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan tabled the Assam Repealing Bill, 2024 in the State Assembly. It was introduced to replace the Assam Repealing Ordinance, 2024; and repeal the pre-Independence era Assam Moslem Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 and the Assam Moslem Marriages and Divorces Registration Rules, 1935. The Continue reading

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From Genetic Gold to Regulatory Gaps: Why the DPDPA Needs to Evolve for Effective CRISPR Oversight

By Yash Sharan & Subhiksha SK | January 21, 2025

Introduction On 25th November 2018, the world woke up to the startling news of designer babies, an event that was termed the “first leap of faith in science”. This groundbreaking incident made possible by Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (“CRISPR”) – a gene editing technology employed to modify DNA selectively, shocked the world and Continue reading

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Superman vs Sauron: Reckoning with Non-State Actors in Cyberwarfare

By Vikramaditya Singh | January 18, 2025

Introduction Cyber warfare is an extension of policy by actions taken in cyberspace by state or non-state actors that either constitute a serious threat to a nation’s security or are conducted in response to a perceived threat against a nation’s security. It is mainly an internet-based conflict involving politically motivated attacks on information and information Continue reading

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What Is Special About Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; Analysing Questions on Regulatory Framework and Corporate Governance

By Priyadharshini R | December 29, 2024

I. What is Special about Special Purpose Acquisition Companies? Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) have re-emerged as popular investment vehicles, particularly as a response to the capital-raising challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike traditional IPOs, SPACs offer a faster, less regulated pathway to public market, which is the selling point to many institutional investors. Continue reading

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