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- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, vide office order dated 16th of October 2018 has endowed the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam with an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Chair, under the Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education & Academia (SPRIHA), to benefit the people of the North-East Region of India in protecting their IPRs. The Chair since its inception in 2018 has concertedly focused its efforts towards conservation and dissemination of IP resources of the North-East Region and has been fervently engaged in capacity building of the creators/producers/owners towards safeguarding their IP rights at the grass-root and also viably commercialize their products, in order to strengthen the nation’s overall IP eco-system.
- The Collection in this Community consists of Newspaper Clippings
- Annual Report of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.
Recent Submissions
Algorithmic Underwriting in Indian Insurance: A Need for Regulatory Framework
(NLUJAA, 2026) Deepannita Medhi
This research examines the legal and regulatory dimensions of algorithmic underwriting in the Indian insurance sector and proposes a framework for legislative and regulatory reform. The goal is a framework under which algorithmic underwriting is consistent with India's constitutional commitments to equality, dignity, and privacy, and with the wider policy objective of equitable insurance penetration. The research pursues four specific objectives. First, to analyse the technical architecture of algorithmic underwriting systems in order to identify the mechanisms through which discrimination, opacity, and accountability deficits arise. Second, to map the existing Indian legal framework, including constitutional provisions, statutory instruments, and regulatory instruments, and to assess its adequacy for governing algorithmic underwriting. Third, to undertake a comparative analysis of regulatory approaches adopted in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, distilling transferable principles and identifying approaches calibrated to India's specific institutional and socio-economic context.
Copyright in Sports Broadcast Cinematography: Legal Framework and Protection Under the Copyright Act, 1957
(NLUJAA, 2026) Dalia Dey
The commercial and legal significance of sports broadcasting has been essentially changed in the first place by the rise of television networks, digital platforms, and over, the, top (OTT) streaming services. Sports broadcasts are currently one of the most attractive forms of audiovisual content, which attract high investments, exclusive licensing agreements, and worldwide audiences. Thus the factual and unscripted nature of the sporting event itself renders it incapable of copyright protection. The broadcast of such an event, however, is usually the result of a considerable amount of creative, technical, and financial input. Indian copyright law is aware of this difference, thus it protects sports telecasts either as cinematograph films on viewing or via broadcast reproduction rights for live transmissions under the Copyright Act, 1957
Bass Bajna Chahiye Gaana: Public Performance Copyright Enforcement and Unequal Access to Compliance in India
(NLUJAA, 2026) Arya Mirgane
India’s culture is deeply intertwined with music. From Holi and Christmas to Birthday Parties and Weddings, music forms a quintessential part of Indian celebrations. Alongside its cultural significance, the Indian Music Industry is celebrated worldwide for its melodious tunes to heart-throbbing songs, acting as a massive economic industry sustaining and inspiring a wide range of artists all over India for decades. The research strives to assess if, in practice, compliance burdens often fall disproportionately on low-income and small-scale users such as local event organizers and rural vendors who, more often than not, lack legal awareness or financial capacity, while high-revenue establishments are better positioned to negotiate, delay, or evade licensing obligations. This disparity raises concerns regarding fairness, accessibility, and the effectiveness of copyright enforcement and questions whether the current framework is sufficient to operate equitably across various socio-economic groups. The ‘Copyright Act, 1957’2 came into existence in the post-independence era to foster creativity, reward such artists and creators, and to enable the prosperity of innovation by granting them exclusive rights to their work for a limited duration. The Act aligns with international standards and guidelines particularly those established under the ‘Berne Convention, 1886’. The Convention acts as an international foundation to protect the rights of creators of diverse fields of works.
Bridging the Gap Between Corporate Data Practices and Right to Privacy: Evaluating the Constitutional and Regulatory Validity of Algorithmic Management in Post-Puttaswamy India
(NLUJAA, 2026) Anurag Das
A very prominent example of this paradigm shift can be found in the extensive adoption and usage of algorithmic management. As per the International Labour Organization (ILO), the term “Algorithmic Management” refers to “algorithmic systems that use tracked data and other information to organize, assign, monitor, supervise, and evaluate work.” This system has automated numerous functions that are fundamental to the operations and decision-making of a corporation, such as hiring, performance monitoring, and even termination of employees. These systems use opaque algorithms and are a form of “Automated Decision-Making Systems” (ADMS). Corporations use these systems because they offer extensive operational efficiency and minimise their costs. The ILO has reported that in India algorithmic management has been associated with “a decline in job quality, with clear evidence of increased monitoring and work intensity,” underscoring that efficiency gains are often traded off against worker autonomy and well-being. This form of intrusive surveillance clashes with human dignity and autonomy, which is inherent to the fundamental “Right to Privacy.” A recent OECD working paper on algorithmic management in the workplace finds adoption rates of these systems above 75% in surveyed countries and highlights widespread concerns among managers about opacity, accountability, and the impact of such tools on the mental health and dignity of workers. The first chapter attempts to extensively define the meaning and scope of algorithmic management, and how it differs from traditional data processing.
An Analytical Study of Author’s Special Rights Vis-À-Vis, Transformative Expression Under Copyright Regime in India
(NLUJAA, 2026) Anukriti Srivastava
To critically analyse the scope of author’s special rights under Section 57 of the Indian Copyright Act 1957 and to examine the judicial interpretation of the standard of “prejudice to honour or reputation” from Mannu Bhandari judgement (1987) to the present jurisprudence. To evaluate the extent to which the judicial expansion of personality rights jurisprudence in India has affected the protection of transformative expression beyond the work-specific framework of author’s special rights under the Copyright Act 1957. To examine the structural limitations of Section 52, particularly the absence of an express parody and satire exception, and to assess the impact of interlocutory injunctions on the space available for transformative expression within the Indian copyright regime. To propose statutory and judicial measures that could effectively address the legal challenges surrounding transformative expression within the Indian copyright regime.