Average working hours of employees in India are among the longest compared to global peers, according to a report by the National Sample Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in 2018. Workers in Indian cities worked for 53-54 hours and those in villages worked 46-47 hours in a week. The survey also indicated that rural women were…

Many times, I received requests from colleagues and friends seeking legal opinion on showing a movie in their office premises. In most of the situations, it may be an exhibition of a documentary or a short film of social significance to a small gathering of employees. As a basic legal principle, a copyright is automatically…

These days it is one of the hot topics in Legal circles – alarming predictions of artificial intelligence (AI) replacing lawyers. How will AI, machine learning, and big data affect the legal system as technology improves? Algorithms pervade our lives today, from music recommendations to credit scores and now, to bail and sentencing decisions. There…

Nearly every commercial contract will have an indemnification provision. Indemnity is a contractual obligation of one party to compensate the loss suffered by the other party due to an act or omission. It is no secret that indemnification provision in a contract can be difficult to read for an ordinary person. I have seen many…

India is unique in mandating that organisations satisfying certain profitability, net worth and size thresholds are required to spend at least 2% of their net income on corporate social responsibility (CSR). The purpose of this blog is to give you a fair understanding of legal provisions pertaining to CSR implementation. In India, the concept of CSR…