a

Facebook

Twitter

Copyright 2015 Libero Themes.
All Rights Reserved.

10:00 - 18:30

Our Opening Hours Mon. - Sat.

9988198265

Call Us For Free Consultation

Facebook

LinkedIn

Search
Menu
 

Author: Mr. Gagan Anand

Legacy > Articles posted by Mr. Gagan Anand

Pegasus project – A conspectus of laws of surveillance and the concerns over privacy

Disclaimer - This article was first published in Construction Law International in July 28, 2024 and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association. To read the article on IBA, click here The Pegasus Project investigation was brought to light by the Paris-based, non-profit media group, Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International. The reports have revealed a widespread misuse of NSO Group Technologies’ spyware, Pegasus. As per NSO, Pegasus was developed to be sold exclusively to vetted governments to aid law enforcement agencies and intelligence departments to fight crime and avoid terrorism. Yet, according to...

Continue reading

The Management Of Construction & Demolition Waste And Viksit Bharat

To read the article on Mondaq, click here. Introduction It is an undeniable fact that the Construction and Infrastructure (C&I) sector plays an integral role in driving the economy of any developing country. For India, which has recently adopted a vision of attaining a 'Viksit Bharat', this role played by the C&I sector has attained a refreshed importance. One of the significant drawbacks, however, connected with robust construction activities is the substantial amount of solid waste generated on a daily basis, which has the direct effect on increasing the carbon footprint of not only the industry, but also the nation altogether. Recently, during the...

Continue reading

The Revolutionary Chat GPT and its Legal Policies

To read the article on Mondaq, click here. The year 2022 marked a fresh and innovative beginning for the field of artificial intelligence (AI), wherein the technology was re-introduced in a more accessible and usable form to the public. While the roots of AI date way back to the era when Alan Turing's machine decoded the German code ‘enigma', it is needful to mention that the developments in the field since that war have been manifold. The most recent development was the introduction of a downloadable web application which acted as a chat-bot for people who were either curious about or...

Continue reading

The consolidation of India’s construction laws: A long overdue reform

Disclaimer - This article was first published in Construction Law International in July 28, 2024 and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association. To read the article on IBA, click here India’s construction sector is a manifestation of scattered legislation and uncertainty in interpretation, leading to disputes and lingering litigation. Construction laws in India are governed by various legislation, ranging from the 1872 Contract Act, to extensive statutory provisions in labour laws including a few specific laws, such as the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 and other state-specific laws and regulations. The...

Continue reading

New parameters on public procurement and project management

Disclaimer - This article was first published in Construction Law International in July 28, 2024 and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association. To read the article on IBA, click here Introduction The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India and the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog),1 in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance2 (MoF), have opened the way to the reorganisation of procurement and project management in India. India’s infrastructure has always been sluggish in terms of cost and time overruns and delays, necessitating a review of procurement and project...

Continue reading

The Validity Of An Unstamped Arbitration Agreement: The NN Global Judgment

To read the article on Mondaq, click here The Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) is a state-of-the art legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, 1985, and enforced with the objective of providing an alternative remedy to disputes in India. Being a well thought-out piece of legislation, the Act has been designed to preclude judicial scrutiny, except in certain limited circumstances, including where the existence of the arbitration agreement in itself, is put to question. In any other case, the Act has been repeatedly upheld to hold a preceding position as compared to other laws. The...

Continue reading

Construction, climate change mitigation and the right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change

Disclaimer - This article was first published in Construction Law International in July 28, 2024 and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association. To read the article on IBA, click here. ‘We know we are not on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The window for meaningful change is closing, and the time to act is now.’[1] In December 2023, in their meeting at the 28th United Nations Conference of Parties (COP28), over 198 signatory countries to the Paris Agreement, 2015 (the ‘Agreement’), resolved to undertake a ‘global stocktake’ and discuss...

Continue reading

Coal India vs. Competition Commission Of India: Case Analysis

To read the article on Mondaq, click here. One of the basic rules of interpretation states that no provision of a statute should be read in isolation to the other statutes and that while interpreting a law, it should be presumed that the Parliament, at the time of making such law, was well aware of the existence of all the other laws in force in India. This rule, also known as the ‘rule of harmonious construction', being one of the cardinal principles of interpretation of statutes, recently formed the basis of the decision in the recent case of Coal India Limited &...

Continue reading

A Glimpse of the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules in India

Disclaimer - This article was first published in Construction Law International on 12 February, 2025 and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association. To read the article on IBA, click here. Introduction On 3 January 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, as part of the Government of India, published the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (the ‘Draft DPDP Rules’), inviting comments and suggestions from the public until 18 February 2025. The Draft DPDP Rules are intended to supplement the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (the ‘DPDP Act’), which was...

Continue reading

Creating Funds For Infrastructure Projects: Govt’s NMP To Raise Capital Through Monetising Brownfield Assets

To read this on Mondaq, click here The government of India on 23rd August 2021 launched the National Monetisation Pipeline ("NMP") in consultation with NITI Aayog and secretaries of infrastructure ministries keeping in mind the mandate for asset monetisation under the Union Budget 2021-22. This pipeline of assets that the government shall monetise with the help of core assets has the potential to generate capital of 6 lakh crores from Financial Year ("FY") 2022 to FY 2025. This serious decision about investment is to cater to infrastructure projects that are currently planned and to additionally create a firm foundation for future projects....

Continue reading