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Dr. E. Ramya
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Case Comment On Dr. C.P. Sreekumar V. S.Ramanujan
Mayuresh Jaiswal
Civil Procedure/ADR8 min
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Hunger Strike As A Form Of Protest: Bodily Autono...
Tanya Bansal
Public Health8 min
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Judicial Intervention In Maternity Protections: A...
Ms. Pallavi Yashwant Pawar
Public Health8 min
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Shruti Santha Kumar
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Corporate Law

Corporate Insolvency Resolution In India: A Critical Analysis Of The Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) represents a significant change in India's approach to corporate financial distress. Before its enactment, corporate insolvency framework in India was fragmented across different statutes and institutional mechanisms, including the Companies Act 2013, which contained provisions relating to corporate winding-up, the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act 1985 and various debt-recovery mechanisms. The earlier framework was characterised by delays, multiplicity of proceedings and institutional fragmentation, which frequently contributed to the erosion of value in distressed enterprises. The IBC initiated a consolidated and time-bound framework centred on resolution rather than immediate liquidation, with the objectives of maximising asset value, promoting entrepreneurship and availability of credit and balancing the interests of stakeholders. This paper critically examines corporate insolvency resolution under the IBC 2016, with particular emphasis on the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), moratorium, Committee of Creditors (CoC), insolvency professionals, resolution plans, valuation and liquidation. It further evolves judicial interpretation concerning the commercial wisdom of the CoC and evaluates the practical effectiveness of the Code through available institutional data. The analysis demonstrates that the IBC has significantly changed creditor-debtor behaviour and created a more coherent framework for corporate distress. However, delays in admission and resolution, institutional constraints, value erosion, valuation concerns and difficulties in implementing approved resolution plans continue to affect its effectiveness. This paper discusses that the future of insolvency law in India should focus not merely on increasing the number of resolutions but on ensuring timely, commercially viable and sustainable corporate revival.

Dr. E. Ramya
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Case Comment On Dr. C.P. Sreekumar V. S.Ramanujan

This landmark verdict by the Supreme Court of India goes into the nitty-gritty of medical negligence in the context of tort law and the Consumer Protection Act,1986.

Mayuresh Jaiswal & Atif Sheikh
8 min 5
Public Health

Hunger Strike As A Form Of Protest: Bodily Autonomy And Constitutional Rights

Protest is an essential feature of a constitutional democracy. It enables individuals to express dissent, challenge governmental action and bring public attention to grievances. While protests are commonly associated with speeches, demonstrations and written communication, some forms of protest communicate through the human body itself. A hunger strike is one such form, in which an individual deliberately refuses food to convey a grievance, demand governmental action or draw attention to a social or political cause. A hunger strike, however, presents a difficult constitutional dilemma. On one hand, the decision to refuse food implicates bodily autonomy, personal liberty, dignity and freedom of expression. On the other, prolonged fasting may seriously endanger health and life, raising the question whether the State may intervene to protect a protester even against their wishes. The dilemma becomes particularly acute when the hunger striker is in State custody, or when medical intervention becomes necessary. The central question is therefore not simply whether an individual has a right to refuse food. It is whether the Constitution protects the deliberate use of one's body as a means of political or social expression, and, if so, where the State's power to intervene begins. This article argues that a competent individual's hunger strike should ordinarily receive constitutional protection as a form of expressive conduct and bodily autonomy, while recognising that such protection cannot be absolute. Any State intervention must be legally authorised, necessary and proportionate to the legitimate objective pursued.

Tanya Bansal
8 min 6
Public Health

Judicial Intervention In Maternity Protections: Advancing Reproductive Justice And Economic Rights In India

Reproductive justice means being able to make informed decisions about one’s own body. Maternity leave and benefits are an important aspect of reproductive justice, as women are able to carry out a safe pregnancy and childbirth with dignity and without economic insecurity. In India, maternity benefits ensure job security, continuity of income and access to healthcare during and after pregnancy. India’s commitment to maternity protections can be seen through judicial interventions. The Supreme Court through landmark judgements such as Suchita Srivastava vs Chandigarh Administration, 2009, has recognized maternity leave as a facet of the right to life, health and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution. More recently, in K. Umadevi vs State of Tamil Nadu, 2025, the court declared maternity leave and benefits to be a constitutional right, even beyond the two-child norm. Although maternity leave has been considered a fundamental right and given statutory protection under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, as amended in 2017, the Act primarily focuses on the formal sector and does not provide direct legal protection to working women in the informal sector. While courts in India have helped by recognizing maternity benefits as a basic right, challenges such as employer non-compliance, lack of awareness and workplace discrimination significantly reduce their effectiveness. There remains a clear gap between what the Constitution promises in terms of reproductive justice and what women, especially those working in the informal sector, actually experience in daily lives. This paper looks at whether judicial intervention has helped close this gap.

Ms. Pallavi Yashwant Pawar & Mr. Chinmay Madhav Pawar
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