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Author: Sarthak Wadhwa is a fifth year law student at the National Law School of India University. This piece seeks to navigate the conceptual tension between labour law and investment law by – first, examining India’s position on labour interests, as understood from her most recent Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) (2016); and, second, comparing these…

Authors: Zarana Samanta and Sharmishtha Zode are second-year law students at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.  Moonlighting Policy is an emerging term in the Indian context. This blog aims to discuss at Moonlighting Policy and the legal lacuna that exists in the Indian realm and hence the essential insights for the same can be…

Authors: Vedant Choudhary currently reads law at Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Piyush Gupta is a student at NLSIU, Bangalore. This article argues that with the advent/growth of the Gig Economy in India, it is required that the Trade Unions Act is amended accordingly to make space for Trade Unions in the Gig Economy. INTRODUCTION…

Author: Jahanvi Garg is an advocate, practicing at the Delhi High Court, and has completed Law in 2022 from Law Centre-1, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. The present article illuminates the often-overlooked aspect of the gig economy with specific examples from Uber, that forms the gig workforce. The paper argues that app-based platforms employ…

Authors: Aditi Raj is currently a student at the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India who intends to join her state’s judiciary, and therefore all her professional endeavours are towards understanding and bringing forth the rights of the people. Himanshu is a 4th-year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) program at the National University…

Author: Vrinda Chaturvedi is a third-year student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.   The article provides a comprehensive review of the challenges faced by hawkers in their fight for recognition and protection of their rights. It also traces the development of jurisprudence around Hawkers’ and Vendors’ Rights and provides a concerted analysis of judgements that…

Author: Yash Arjariya is an undergraduate law student at Hidayatullah National Law University. In this piece, the author analyses the legality of dual employment or moonlighting in the Indian paradigm. Since India does not have an employment law but employer-employee relations are governed by contracts of service between parties, the article deciphers the issue from…