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This article has been written by Shubham currently currently pursuing BBA.LLB from FIM, IP University. In the below-given article, you’ll all get to know the necessary information about “Companies Act, 2013. Its introduction and types with few relevant cases.

On the basis of incorporation

Statutory Companies

These organizations are established by an uncommon Act of Parliament or State Legislature. These organizations are framed fundamentally with an expectation to offer the public types of assistance. In spite of the fact that basically they are administered under that Special Act, still the CA, 2013 will be relevant to them aside from where the said arrangements are conflicting with the arrangements of the Act making them (as Special Act beats General Act). Instances of these kinds of organizations are Reserve Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India, and so on.

Registered Companies

Organizations enlisted under the Companies Act, 2013 or under any past Company Law are called enrolled organizations. Such organizations appear when they are enlisted under the Companies Act and an endorsement of joining is allowed to it by the Registrar.

2. On the basis of Liability

Companies limited by Shares

An organization that has the obligation of its individuals restricted by the update to the sum, assuming any, unpaid on the offers separately held by them is named as an organization restricted by shares. The obligation can be upheld during presence of the organization just as during the twisting up. Where the offers are completely settled up, no further risk lays on them. For instance, an investor who has paid 75 on a portion of assumed worth 100 can be called upon to pay the equalization of 25 as it were. Organizations restricted by shares are by a wide margin the most well-known and might be either open or private.

Companies limited by Guarantee

Organization restricted by ensure is an organization that has the obligation of its individuals restricted to such sum as the individuals may separately attempt, by the update, to add to the advantages of the organization in case of its being twisted up. If there should be an occurrence of such organizations the risk of its individuals is restricted to the measure of assurance attempted by them. The individuals from such organization are put in the situation of underwriters of the organization’s obligations up to the concurred sum. Clubs, exchange affiliations, research affiliations and social orders for advancing different items are different instances of assurance organizations.

Boundless Liability Companies:

An organization not having a cut-off on the obligation of its individuals is named as boundless organization. Here the individuals are obligated for the organization’s obligations in relation to their particular advantages in the organization and their risk is boundless. Such organizations might possibly have share capital. They might be either a public organization or a privately owned business.

3. On the basis of Members

Private Company

According to Section 2(68) of the Companies Act, 2013, “privately owned business” signifies an organization having a base settled up share capital as might be endorsed, and which by its articles,– confines the option to move its offers; aside from in the event of One Person Company, restricts the quantity of its individuals to 200: Given that where at least two people hold at least one offers in an organization mutually, they will, forthe reasons for this provision, be treated as a solitary part Given further that the accompanying people will not be remembered for the quantity of individuals;– people who are in the work of the organization; and people who, having been once in the past in the work of the organization, were individuals from the organization while in that business and have kept on being individuals after the business stopped, will not be remembered for the quantity of individuals; and precludes any solicitation to the general population to buy in for any protections of the organization; It must be noticed that it is just the quantity of individuals that is restricted to 200. A privately owned business may give debentures to quite a few people, the main condition being that a solicitation to the general population to buy in for debentures is restricted. The aforementioned meaning of private restricted organization determines the limitations, constraints and preclusions, which must be explicitly given in the articles of relationship of a private restricted organization.

Public company

Given that an organization which is an auxiliary of an organization, not being a privately owned business, will be regarded to be public organization for the motivations behind this Act even where such auxiliary organization keeps on being a privately owned business in its articles. According to area 3(1)(a), a public organization might be shaped for any legal reason by at least seven people, by buying in their names or his name to a notice and following the prerequisites of this demonstration in regard of enrolment. A public organization might be supposed to be an affiliation comprising of at the very least 7 individuals, which is enlisted under the Act. On a fundamental level, any individual from the public who is eager to address the cost may procure shares in or debentures of it. The protections of a public organization might be cited on a Stock Exchange. The quantity of individuals isn’t restricted to 200. According to area 58(2), the protections or other enthusiasm of any part in a public organization will be openly adaptable. Be that as it may, any agreement or game plan between at least two people in regard of move of protections will be enforceable as an agreement. The Companies Act, makes an away from concerning the adaptability of offers identifying with private and public organizations. By definition, a “privately owned business” is an organization which confines the option to move its offers. On account of a public organization, the Act gives that the offers or debentures and any intrigue in that, of an organization, will be unreservedly adaptable. The arrangement contained in the law for the free adaptability of offers in a public organization is established on the rule that individuals from the public must have the opportunity to buy and, each investor ought to have the opportunity to move.

One Public Company

ONE PERSON COMPANY (OPC)

With the usage of the Companies Act, 2013, a solitary individual could establish a Company, under the One Person Company (OPC) idea. The presentation of OPC in the legitimate framework is a move that would support corporatization of miniature organizations and businesses. OPC is a one investor corporate substance, where legitimate and budgetary obligation is restricted to the organization as it were. According to segment 2(62) of the Companies Act, 2013, “One Person Company” signifies an organization which has just a single individual as a part. Area 3(1) (c) sets out that an organization might be framed for any legitimate reason by one individual, where the organization to be shaped is to be One Person Company that is to state, a privately owned business. At the end of the day, one individual organization is a sort of privately owned business. A One individual organization will have at least one chief. Hence, a One Person Company will be enrolled as a privately owned business with one part and one chief.

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Corporate Law, also inferred as Company Law or Business law is a body that regulates the rights and code of companies organizations and businessmen. any advertisement offering shares or debentures of the company for sale to the public is a prospectus. The law is aimed at easing the process of doing business in India and improving corporate governance by making companies more accountable.

Section 2(70) of the Companies Act 2013 defines Prospectus as “any document issued for advertisement or other document inviting offers from the public for the subscription or purchase of any securities of a body corporate”.

A Prospectus is an invitation issued to the public to offer for purchase/subscribe shares or debentures of the company. In other words, any advertisement offering shares or debentures of the company Private limited companies are strictly prohibited from issuing a prospectus and they cannot invite the public to subscribe to their shares. A prospectus can only be issued by public limited institutions. Making it an open invitation prolonged to the public at large.

Advertisement of the Prospectus

Section 30 of the Companies Act 2013 contains the provisions regarding the advertisement of the prospectus. In any manner where an advertisement of any prospectus of a company is published, it shall be necessary to specify therein the contents of its memorandum as regards the objects, the liability of members and the amount of share capital of the company, and the names of the signatories to the memorandum and the number of shares subscribed for by them, and its capital structure.

Types of Prospectus

Red Herring Prospectus
Shelf Prospectus
Abridged prospectus
Deemed Prospectus

Red Herring Prospectus

Specified under Art 31 of the Companies Act 2013 a red herring prospectus is issued prior to the prospectus when a company is proposing to make an offer.

It shall file it with the Registrar at least three days prior to the opening of the subscription list and the offer. A red herring prospectus shall carry the same obligations as are applicable to a prospectus and any variation between the red herring prospectus and a prospectus shall be highlighted as variations in the prospectus.

Shelf Prospectus

A prospectus that has been issued by any public financial institution, company, or bank for one or more issues of securities or class of securities as mentioned in the prospectus is known as Shelf prospectus. When a shelf prospectus is issued then the issuer does not need to issue a separate prospectus for each offering he can offer or sell securities without issuing any further prospectus.

The provisions related to shelf prospectus have been discussed under section 31 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Abridged prospectus

A summary of a prospectus filed before the registrar. It contains all the features of a prospectus known as Abridged prospectus. An abridged prospectus contains all the information of the prospectus in brief so that it should be convenient and quick for an investor to know all the useful information in short.

Section33(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 also states that when any form for the purchase of securities of a company is issued, it must be accompanied by an abridged prospectus.

Deemed Prospectus

A deemed prospectus has been stated under section 25(1) of the Companies Act, 2013.

A document will be considered as a deemed prospectus through which the offer is made to the public for sale when any company offers securities for sale to the public, allots or agrees to allot securities. The document is deemed to be a prospectus of a company for all purposes and all the provision of content and liabilities of a prospectus will be applied upon it.

Objectives of Issuing the Prospectus

To bring to the notice of the public that a new company has been formed.
To preserve an authentic record of the terms and allotment on which the public have been invited to buy its shares or debentures.
To secure that the directors of the company accept responsibility for the statements in the prospectus.

Contents of Prospectus

The contents of the prospectus have been specified in Schedule II of the Companies Act. The important contents in the prospectus include the following.

Name and address of the company
Objects of the company
Full particulars of the signatories to the Memorandum and number of shares taken by them.
The names, addresses, and occupations of the directors, managing directors or managers, etc.
The number and classes of shares.
The minimum subscription
The qualification shares of a director and the remuneration of the directors.
The amount payable on application, on the allotment, and on calls.
The names of the underwriters.
The estimated amount of preliminary expenses.
The names and addresses of the auditors of the company
Particulars about reserves and surplus
Voting rights of the different classes of shares.
Reports of the auditors regarding profits and losses of the company.
A similar report by the Chartered Accountant regarding the Profits and Losses and Assets and Liabilities of the Company.

Consequences of Misstatement in Prospectus

Civil and Criminal liabilities shall be faced by any person who provides with misstatement in a prospectus.

Civil liability

In case, misleading prospectus amounts to misrepresentation, the aggrieved persons can repudiate the contract. They can claim a refund of their money. Damages can also be claimed by the persons found guilty.

Criminal liability

In case any deliberate concealment is made, directors will be punished with a fine of Rs. 5,000 or imprisonment up to two years or both. If it is a fraud the fine will extend to Rs. 10,000 or 5 years imprisonment or both.

Statement in Lieu of Prospectus

When the prospectus is not issued by the company a statement in lieu of a prospectus must be filed with the Registrar at least three days before the allotment of shares. The contents of the statement in lieu of prospectus are very much similar to the prospectus. The statement must be signed by all the directors or their agents authorized in writing. These provisions do not apply to a private company.

Conclusion

A prospectus plays an important part in the development of a public limited company. It is one of the most important booklets as it instructs more about the company in a detailed manner about its share.

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Introduction

A brief analysis about the Newly added national law entrance exam (NLAT) by National Law School of India University (NLSIU)which has created a lot of chaos between the students and exam conducting bodies ,and in detail about CLAT vs NLAT and Aftermath.

What is NLAT?

National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) is an online home-based test for admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the university. Due

to constant postponement of CLAT which is a common entrance test for all the students willing to opt national universities for further studies and due pandemic has created immense confusion for the entrance examination tests of various universities, The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore Decided not to entertain CLAT as an entrance exam but to conduct their own inhouse exam name as NLAT ,The authorities involved believed that If admissions are delayed beyond September , it will inevitably lead to a ‘Zero Year’ where no admission can take place, NLSIU’s follows a trimester system which means every academic year is made up of three terms, each of 90 days’ duration Thus it would deprive law students of the opportunity to pursue their studies this year at India’s premier law university, However later on it was decided that NLAT will be conducted fully online on 12th of September and on 14th of September for the students who had faced technical difficulties and challenges in the first exam The duration of the exam for BA LLB will be 45 minutes, and included 40 multiple choice questions; meanwhile, PG paper was of 40 minutes and included 30 questions, which will be given through laptops/mobile phones would require high internet connections .

NLAT v CLAT

With the Announcement a lot debates about CLAT vs NLAT has risen as to why to conduct a separate entrance by dropping CLAT ,Moreover the university in its press release has made it clear that They’re completely separating from CLAT 2020 and no member from the NLSIU, including the Vice Chancellor, who was the Secretary-Treasurer in the CLAT General Body, will participate in CLAT 2020 in any manner ,conducting a separate test outside the Consortium, multiple judgments have held that Courts can still intervene if entrance tests are found to be unfair or lacking transparency, though both Both NLAT and CLAT focus on the candidate’s reading, critical thinking and analytical skills , the real problem arises in the weightage of negative marking scheme, NLAT exams each question carries 2 marks and an incorrect answer will invite a penalty of 0.50 marks. Even for an unanswered question, there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks. Which means, the students have to answer all questions.However in the CLAT marking scheme is different from NLAT; each question of the CLAT question paper carries one mark and an incorrect answer invites a penalty of 0.25 marks. Importantly, there is no negative marking for unanswered questions in whatever way the NLAT doesn’t allow students to revisit the questions that have been answered once. However in CLAT there’s the sectional navigation including revisiting a question is allowed. NLSIU took a Audacious approach towards conducting an home based examination while CLAT will always be centered based exam as usual ,the university has faced prevalent backlash from renowned academics, students, lawyers, and across the media for its exclusionary and onerous technical requirements to conduct the exam. Students’ rage has reached to the doors of Jharkhand High Court wherein students have filed a writ petition against NLSIU holding NLAT 2020

Repercussion of NLAT

Aftermath of debates and petitions SC gave the order to conduct the but not to declare the results, besides on 12th September ,more than 94% of students appeared for the exam, however many students who appeared in the exam have expressed their dissatisfaction with the way the exam was conducted at home, they not just faced the technical difficulties ,verification failure but also new cheating methods was circulated, in addition to this the examination got submitted on its own well before the stipulated ending time. Surprisingly, this happened with a lot of candidates, and also Options provided weren’t getting selected properly however, Multiple clicks were required to get one option selected which has consumed a lot of students time ,in the midst of all issues, students tried calling the helpline number. Which wasn’t picked up and in some cases which was not useful. As according to the Notification, applicants who successfully appear for the test will be individually informed of their result via text message/ email however the university has declined to publish a consolidated merit list of students ,furthermore many students expressed their dissatisfaction on social media and urged the university for reconducting of exam, They criticized the exam body for not employing Artificial Intelligence and human-based proctoring to prevent the cheating mechanism and demanded Due to exam organizer’s mistakes potential errors in the merit list must be rectified to ensure complete fairness ,The Supreme court Court heard pleas against the issue concerned which contained termed holding of separate examination as “manifestly arbitrary and illegal decision and the sudden and capricious decision of the NLSIU has not only thrown the aspirants of CLAT 2020 into frenzy and in a state of fear and confusion, it has also severely jeopardized the position of the university in the Consortium. Due to the whimsical conduct of the University, the children are put to extreme pressure and mental stress however The matter is kept before SC for verdict on 21st September.

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Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, India, in association with South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW), Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILAT) and Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) has been organizing the Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition, SAARC Law Students’ Conference and South Asian Colloquium since last five years, to create a platform for the SAARC Countries’ law students to interact and exchange ideas. The Mooting competition and the Conference aim to inspire and encourage interaction and reciprocity of ideas among law students of SAARC countries for promotion of regional cooperation, for mutual benefit in legal education and to broaden the horizons of legal studies.

Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition has two stages- India Round and SAARC Round. The India Round is organized to select Seven Best Teams from India to represent India in the SAARC Round. More than 60 law schools from India will compete to qualify as Seven Best Teams to represent India in the SAARC Round. This year the India Rounds of Sixth Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition will be held from 30^th October to 1^st November, 2020.

We were fortunate to have Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) N.R. Madhava Menon as the Chief Patron and guiding force behind this Competition since its inception. The last four editions of this event were conducted under his personal supervision and guidance. This year’s Mooting Competition, Law Students Conference and Colloquium are dedicated to the loving memory of Professor Menon.

INDIA ROUND

Lloyd Law College is organizing the Sixth Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition, Law Students Conference and South Asian Colloquium-India Round 2020-21 from 30^th October to 1^st November, 2020, in association with Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy and Training (MILAT) and Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF). One of the most attractive features of this event is the Best Law Students Award. Every year, two final year’s students (one female & one male), from the top ten participating teams of India Round are selected for the Best Law Student Awards. The Winners receive a fellowship of $50,000/- from Penn State School of Law to pursue LL.M from Penn State University. Hitherto, six law students from different law schools and universities of India have received this fellowship. This year also, two Best Law Student Awardees (one female & one male) will be chosen from the top ten teams selected at the India Round, by the Jury. Also, all the seven qualifying teams shall be receiving Cash Prize worth Rs. 15,000 each

We invite Universities/Institutes from India to participate in Sixth Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition 2020-21 (India Round) which will be held from 30^th October to 1^st November, 2020.

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INTRODUCTION

A three Judges bench of Supreme Court quashed the decision of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru to hold a separate admission admission test by way of the National Legal Aptitude Test (NLAT). The bench consisted Justice Ashok Bhushan, M.R. shah, R. Subhasha Reddy.

The Court ordered that NLSIU would have to conduct admission to this courses this year through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). It said that CLAT is both in the national interest as well as in the interest of education. The bench reserved judgement in the matter on September 17 after giving the case an extensive hearing. Earlier, the Court had allowed NLSIU to conduct the contentions NLAT, however it was held that the results would be declared subject to decision of the Court.

Key Highlights

Case Name: Rakesh Kumar Agarwalla v. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.
This was Writ Petition(Civil)No. 1030 of 2020

The petitioners were represented by Senior Advocates Nidhesh Gupta and Gopal Sankarnarayanan and the respondents, the NLSIU and its VC were represented by Senior Advocates Arvind Datar and Sajan Poovayya respectively and Senior Advocate PS Narasimha argued for the Consortium.

Petitoner’s Contention

NLSIU’s attempt to conduct a separate entrance exam this year resulting in the delayed conduct of CLAT2020 was challenged by a petition that was filed by former Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU, Prof Venkata Rao, and by Rakesh Kumar Agarwalla, father of a candidate. The Court was urged to quash the September 3 notification announcing conduct of NLAT for admissions in NLSIU this year, a prayer was made for the technical requirements to write NLAT and to direct the University to accept students on the basis of the CLAT scores. The Petitioners asserted that NLSIU miserably failed in conducting the NLAT and led to the suffering of large number of candidates. The technical requirements for writing NLAT rendered the exam to be exclusionary and held potential to deny access to many aspirants. The exam pattern was also different from that of CLAT, for which students had been preparing for a year.

Respondent’s Contention

The NLSIU and its Vice Chancellor Prof Sudhir Krishnaswamy took the stand and filed an affidavit justifying the conduct of its exam, questioned the maintainability of the plea and urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the writ petition with exemplary costs. NLSIU also argued that the decision to hold NLAT was taken under extreme circumstances. It claimed that the University would have a zero year scenario if it were to take admissions through CLAT. The University is the only one in the Consortium to have a trimester system, a difficulty expressed to the consortium. It claimed that despite this the Consortium decided to postpone the conduct of CLAT, which is scheduled on September 28. It even defended the format of NLAT and claimed that the pressure threshold is much lower than that of CLAT. It defended that the AI-based technology by claiming that it was engaged in order to identify any instances of malpractice and cheating and such students would be disqualified.

Court’s Decision

The Court stated,

“In view of the foregoing discussion, we are of the considered opinion that Admission notification dated 03.09.2020 issued by respondent No.1 was not in accordance with law and deserves to be set aside.”

The Court directed that CLAT 2020 to be held on its scheduled date of September 28, in accordance with all safety guidelines prescribed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the results of CLAT 202 to be declared as early as possible to ensure that Universities can start admissions as soon as possible. NLSIU is directed to accept students for the current academic year only based on CLAT.

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ABHILASHA KUMARI

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About IJPIEL

The Indian Journal of Projects, Infrastructure and Energy Law (IJPIEL) is a Student-run, not for profit Quarterly Law Journal, Blog and Podcast. It was founded in July 2020 by a group of students from Universities across the nation, led by its founder, Naman Anand.

The journal aims to focus upon the niche area of Projects, Infrastructure and Energy Laws (PIE). In the post-pandemic scenario, it goes without saying that the focus of global markets will be to create Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure (SDG 9) and Alternative Sources of Energy (SDG 7).

Call for Blogs

The Indian Journal of Projects, Infrastructure, and Energy Law (IJPIEL) (A Not For Profit, Student-Run Initiative) is pleased to invite submissions from Students, Academicians and Practitioners for its Blog, on a rolling basis. Please note that all submissions shall go through a double-blind peer-review process as well as a Plagiarism scan via TurnItIn.

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Co-authorship up to two authors is allowed.

The author(s) must refrain from mentioning the name, institutional affiliation or any other details in the document. Such information shall be separately mentioned in a cover letter.
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Mineral Law (Amendment) Bill, 2020 [India]

COVID-19’s Impact on existing and future PPP Projects
The National Environment Protection Act (NEPA) Amendment Bill, 2020 [United States of America]
The Moving Forward Act, 2020 [United States of America]
Draft Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020 [India]
Ministry of Mines’ Order dated 3 July 2020 for the Auctioning of Coal Blocks and the setting up of Project Management Units (PMUs) thereof [India]
EPA Amendment Rules, 2020 and its impact on EIA Assessments of Developmental Projects- preferably with an emphasis on IFI projects and the World Bank ESF [India]
The Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) Reimbursement Policy dated 27 March 2020 with regards to Stranded Laborers at Construction Sites [India]
The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 [UK]

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Century Rayon v. MERC & Anr.

ACME Chittorgarh Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. v. MSEDCL
Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd. v. GRID Corp of Odisha Ltd & Ors
Kanika Steel Alloy Pvt Ltd. v. MSEDCL
NLC India v. CERC and Ors.
PEL Power Ltd. v. CERC Anr.
TSSPDC Ltd. v. Srighdaa Beverages
SEAMEC v. Oil India Ltd.

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We have come up with a unique and interesting workshop on the latest topics in order to initiate intriguing academic discussions on AI & its interlink with Intellectual Property Law as well as AI’s Liability model. The workshop is designed for all law and non-law students and young professionals to have an out of box thinking while venturing a bit into the technicalities, legalities as well for them to gain new knowledge which isn’t yet a part of the curriculum in any law school throughout India. Thus all students and professions from India and abroad having an interest in the subject are welcome for participating and taking part in such legal intriguing discussion.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Topic: INTERFACING LAW & ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE

Dates: 3^rd – 4^th October 2020

Duration: 2 hours per day including Interactive session and Q&A round

SESSIONS

Day -1: AI and Intellectual Property matters-

The speaker would be discussing on the IPR issues related around Artificial Intelligence and realise the need for codification of proper laws firstly with regard to IP issue of the AI created by human and secondly, analysing the IP rights (patent/ trademark/ copyright) on any new creation by that Artificial Intelligence.

Day-2: Techno-legal insight in AI & it’s liability models.

The speaker would be giving Techno-legal Insight into Artificial Intelligence & liability models for misconducts effected by Artificially Intelligent Systems and discuss the important aspects to fix the liability of AI systems and law enforcement mechanism and attempt to talk about the codification of such laws.

SPEAKERS

Tanmay Agrawal

Asst. Professor of Law,

Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal

PhD Scholar (Law and AI)

Shikhar Gupta

JRF, PhD Scholar (Law and AI)

University of Delhi, New Delhi

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE WORKSHOP?

Irrespective of whatever course you are studying, Irrespective of your age, Irrespective of your nationality, if any of the following questions interest you and make you keep on knowing about the following via proper research and fun learning then definitely this workshop is for you. Don’t delay, enroll now before the seats are filled !!

Who would have the intellectual property rights protection for an AI-generated work? Who would be the owner of AI-generated works or inventions?

Can the machine be an author or an inventor and Should AI-generated inventions be considered state of art like others created by a person?
Further, whether AI can individually get IP protection for its further creations?

ABOUT LEGAL FINISHING SCHOOL

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ABOUT JLSR

Journal for Law Students and Researchers [JLSR] is an Online Journal with ISSN: 2582-306X which is quarterly, Peer-Reviewed, published online and JLSR seeks to provide an interactive platform for the publication of Short Articles, Long Articles, Book Reviews, Case Comments, Research Papers, Essays in the field of Law.

Our aim is to upgrade the level of interaction and discourse about contemporary issues of law. We are eager to become a highly cited publication, through quality contributions from students, academicians, professionals from the industry, the bar and the bench. JLSR welcomes contributions from all legal branches, as long as the work is original, unpublished, unplagiarized and is in consonance with the submission guidelines.

ABOUT LEGAL FUMES

A Legal Website, Working for to provide legal news and conduct and promote all sorts of legal competitions like poster making, debate competitions, quiz competitions, legal blog posts, moots and etc.

PERKS OF ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP

Certificate of participation would be provided.

Free E-Books & Reading Material would be shared.
Guidance on AI & Legal research topics for publication.
Discounts in our upcoming online courses.

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT DETAILS

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Fee: 300/- only

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For International Participants, you can write to us at LegalFinishing@gmail.com and we’ll provide you with apt source of registration.

Note : Enrollers will be added to whatsapp group within 24 hours once enrolled

Platform: Zoom (Link would be share to the enrolled participants on mail)

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

The laws and regulations surrounding the illicit trade and consumption of drugs and narcotic substances have recently garnered renewed attention.

While such substances occupy a unique place in contemporary culture and society, it is crucial to understand the policy framework undergirding the laws governing the criminalisation of narcotic drugs and substance users. Join us in a discussion with Neha Singhal as we explore how the NDPS Act needs to transition from being retributive to a rehabilitative and reformative law.

Topic

The Criminalisation of Drug Use Under the NDPS Act, 1985

Venue

Zoom meeting on 30th September 2020 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm IST

About the Speaker

Neha Singhal is a Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and leads work in the area of Criminal Justice, and is researching on the criminalisation of drug use in India. She has authored the report titled “From Addict to Convict – The Working of The NDPS Act in Punjab”. She was the Deputy Director of the Death Penalty Research Project at NLU, Delhi.

She has also taught courses on legal history and humanitarian law at NLU, Delhi, She graduated from the National Law School of India University in 2008 and completed her Masters in Criminal Justice from the University of Kent, Canterbury in 2010.

How to Register?

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Registration for the eBaithak is FREE. Please note that a Certificate for this program will not be provided.

Contact

For any queries, contact krish@ccs.in.

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