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Thumbs-Up Emoji 👍: Its validity under Indian Laws and Canadian Law: An Analysis

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  Thumbs-Up Emoji  👍 : Its validity under Indian  Laws and Canadian Law: An  Analysis                                                        Parkova/Shutterstock.com Introduction In the modern digital world, communication has moved far beyond plain text. With the rapid growth of smartphones and social media platforms such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat, and others, digital communication has become an essential part of daily life. For our daily needs, we increasingly rely on digital modes to share information, ideas, and responses. The style of communication has changed distinctly. In addition to using sentences to express emotions, ideas, reactions, and intentions, people now commonly use emojis, stickers, and GIFs. These visual symbols have become an integral part of digital communicati...

AI in the Indian Judicial System: Transforming Justice Through Intelligence

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 By: Moieen Ahammed Faruque [3/5 Pendekanti Law College]            [Kerry Roper/ Debut Art] Introduction The Indian judicial system is one of the world’s oldest and largest systems, standing at a phase of massive reforms. With over 4.6 crore pending cases across various courts , India’s judiciary faces an overwhelming burden. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers an unprecedented opportunity to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accessibility in justice delivery. AI isn’t here to replace judges or lawyers, it's here to redefine how justice works. From digitizing case records to predicting case outcomes, AI is ushering in a smarter, faster, and more citizen-friendly legal ecosystem. The Evolution of AI in Indian Courts From Paper to Pixels: India’s journey toward an AI-powered judiciary began with the eCourts Mission Project (2007), which digitized district courts and established real-time access to case data. According to Min...

Copyrights in Indian Filmmaking: Legal Insights

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By: K. Nithya Santhoshi [1/5 Pendekanti Law College] [Vintage Film Canisters Print  By Mike Newman ] Introduction Imagine creating a song, a movie, or simply writing a book. What if someone copies your work? What if someone misuses it? This is when a copyright comes into play. It is like a legal shield that protects your work from being misused and copied. Are films and cinematography subject to copyrights? Can one be sued for copying or plagiarizing movies or songs? The blog below will help us find answers to these questions. What is a Copyright? Copyright is a type of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) which protects original works of art, literature, music, films, and computer programs from being duplicated. It safeguards the interests and ideas of the copyright owners. The holders of copyrights can reproduce their work, distribute copies, perform, display their work and also create derivative works like adaptations. Copyright for cinematography films, sound recordings and photo...

A Glance at India's Healthcare Laws: Theory and Reality

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By: Jay Nayan Mopur  [2/3 Pendekanti Law College] [Indonesian Illustrator/DSI ] Introduction Human culture is erected upon the expression of values that form the base of an ethical society, honesty, integrity, respect, pursuit of excellence, social duty, accountability, and steadfastness. Since the dawn of civilization, by trial or error, it has been established that a society and more so its medical profession, a public oriented and noble profession, can survive and thrive only by observance and practice of certain rules of conduct guided by ethical, moral, legal, and social values of the land. Healthcare in India features a universal healthcare system run by the constituent states and union territories. The Constitution charges every state with raising the nutrition levels and the standard of living of its people and enhancement of public health as one of its primary duties. Law is an obligation on the part of society imposed by the competent authority, and disobedience may...

GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD: A CASE STUDY

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By:Sairamya Ramnath   [2/3 Pendekanti Law College] [Photo:Dhritiman Mukherjee] INTRODUCTION With fast-paced development being the order of the day, balancing it with environmental protection and sustainability has become a challenge more than ever. Habitat loss, fragmentation and overexploitation of resources being the consequences of the process, it has become necessary to step in and act. Along these lines, the judgement passed by the Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice A.S. Chandurkar on December 19, 2025 placed corporate environmental responsibility inside the legal meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). WHAT IS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)? Corporate Social Responsibility is a modern business idea that insists on conducting the business in a way that is ethical, sustainable and beneficial to the community. Companies foster a philanthropic approach through CSR. The intent behind CSR expenses is to ensure that companies derivi...