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Pegasus project – a conspectus of laws of surveillance and the concerns over privacy

To read the Article on International Bar Association, click here Gagan Anand Legacy Law Offices, New Delhi, Delhi anand@legacylawoffices.com Shreya Pahwa Legacy Law Offices, New Delhi, Delhi ​​​​​​​shreya.pahwa@legacylawoffices.com   The Pegasus Project investigation was brought to light by the Paris-based, non-profit media group, Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International. The reports have revealed a widespread misuse of NSO Group Technologies’ spyware, Pegasus. As per NSO, Pegasus was developed to be sold exclusively to vetted governments to aid law enforcement agencies and intelligence departments to fight crime and avoid terrorism. Yet, according to the leaked data, the spyware was being used as hacking software instead of its conventional use as...

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The consolidation of India’s construction laws: a long overdue reform

To read the Article on International Bar Association, click here Gagan Anand Legacy Law Offices, India Shivani Anand Legacy Law Offices, India   India’s construction sector is a manifestation of scattered legislation and uncertainty in interpretation, leading to disputes and lingering litigation. Construction laws in India are governed by various legislation, ranging from the 1872 Contract Act, to extensive statutory provisions in labour laws including a few specific laws, such as the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 and other state-specific laws and regulations. The need for amalgamated construction law arises from the lack of a uniform format for construction contracts. This in turn creates problems of...

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India’s parliament introduces Bill to alter Arbitration Law: attempt to put an end to fraudulent practices

To read the article on IBA net,   click here India’s laws relating to arbitration are largely based on the English Common Law. The Indian arbitration regime is governed and regulated by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the ‘Principal Act’), which derives its basis from the 1985 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model on International Commercial Arbitration and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules of 1976. The Principal Act was passed to consolidate the laws relating to domestic arbitration, international and commercial arbitration, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, and the law relating to conciliation. Since its inception, the Principal Act...

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Legacy Law Offices – A Hallmark in Legal Advisory in Infrastructure

To read the article in Lex Witness Magazine, click  here As a part of our nationwide research on law firms, we got into a conversation with Gagan Anand, Managing Partner, Legacy Law Offices to understand the firm’s journey so far and objectives in times to come. Here are excerpts of the conversation. Briefly Tell Us about Legacy Law Offices and Its Journey since Inception Legacy Law Offices was established in 2006 by its Founding Partner Raman Anand, who possesses over 50 years of rich legal experience across various areas of practice. In 2010, I took over the firm as its Managing Partner. We...

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Liquidated damages Gagan Anand

Note: This article was originally published in Asia Pacific Regional Forum News, Volume 21 No. 2, August 2014 of the Newsletter and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association. To read the original article, click here Liquidated damages are an area of law that seems to mystify many legal scholars. In 1854, a New York Court of Appeals judge remarked that even the ‘ablest judges have declared that they felt themselves embarrassed in ascertaining the principle on which the decisions… were founded.’ This comment has remained strikingly valid. Simply stated, the courts continue...

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