9th World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 27 – 30 July 2025

9th World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights, 2025

Topic: International Adoption Venue: Cambridge, United Kingdom Date: July 27 – 30, 2025 The 9th World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights, 2025 is organised in partnership with the Faculty of Law and the University of Cambridge: The theme is ‘Children Caught in Conflict – Inspiring Positive Change’. The […]

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World Law Congress,2025

Download Conference Brochure Topic: Rule of law within the family law system in IndiaVenue: Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicDate: May 4 – 6, 2025 The World Law Congress, 2025 will bring together world leaders, experts, practitioners, academics and law students, along with entrepreneurs to discuss current legal issues, from human rights […]

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Family Law Symposium at Commonwealth Law Conference, 2025. RFKN LEGAL

Family Law Symposium at Commonwealth Law Conference, 2025

The Family Law Symposium will be held in the wings of the Commonwealth Law Conference 2025. It is co-hosted by the CLA Family Law Committee, IAFL and the FLBA on the theme: “Show me the Money” – Family Law, Trusts and Recognition and Enforcement.

Ms. Lavanya Regunathan Fischer will be delivering a speech on ‘Enforcement of orders in foreign jurisdictions’.

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AI-Generated Art and Indian Copyright Law: A Legal Vacuum?

AI-Generated Art and Indian Copyright Law: A Legal Vacuum?

The advent of AI has globally taken the art industry by storm. It has raised concerns surrounding IPR. This has led to unease around possibilities of AI using copyrighted works without authorization. The copyright laws in India are governed by The Copyright Act of 1957. The limited scope of Indian copyright laws has been slightly widened by the 1994 amendment, which recognised computer generated artworks as copyrightable. However, questions around authorship and rights arising thereof remain under ambiguity. This scenario has highlighted a lacunae in the Indian copyright system.

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Indian Tribunal Rejects Revenue’s Argument that Subscription Fees is a Fee for Technical Service: Reopens Pandora Box of India’s Outdated Tax Treaties

Indian Tribunal Rejects Revenue’s Argument that Subscription Fees is a Fee for Technical Service: Reopens Discussion of India’s Outdated Tax Treaties

A recent order of the ITAT refocusses attention to the need for India to update its tax treaties and ensure that income from the digital economy is more equitably taxable in countries of residence and source. The case also highlights the problems with the way the revenue department responds to important judgments of appellate courts and how it pleads cases before tribunals.

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The Interplay between Section 17 and Section 9 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996

This paper examines the interplay between these two Sections, analysing their scopes, overlaps and procedural distinctions Section 9 allows parties to approach the judiciary for interim relief, thus ensuring the preservation of rights and status quo until arbitration concludes. Section 17, by entrusting tribunals with similar powers, seeks to streamline the arbitration process by reducing dependence on courts.

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The Interplay Between the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899; A Harmonious Construction of Law by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India

The Interplay Between the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899; A Harmonious Construction of Law by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India

The interplay between the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 has been a subject of legal ambiguity, particularly regarding the enforceability of arbitration agreements in unstamped or insufficiently stamped contracts. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in In Re: Interplay Between Arbitration Agreements under the Arbitration And Conciliation Act 1996 And The Indian Stamp Act 1899 has provided clarity by harmonizing these statutes. The Court ruled that non-stamping does not render arbitration agreements void ab initio but only inadmissible as evidence until stamp duty is cured, ensuring such defects are curable under law.

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