Trading Shadows: Money Laundering & Insider Deals in the Metaverse’s Legal Void

-Advait Sharma and Bhadra Anil “In a world coded without consequence, shadows become the currency and silence the law.”  Introduction In any society where substantial transactions occur, be it in markets, industries, or the virtual world, in the absence of robust regulatory oversight, crime inevitably concurs to exploit the system or leverage it for greater … Continue reading Trading Shadows: Money Laundering & Insider Deals in the Metaverse’s Legal Void

The Authenticity Challenge: Addressing the Concern of Producing Deepfake Generated Media as Evidence in Courts

- Rohan Mishra Introduction The most common phenomenon is ‘seeing is believing’ or ‘what you see is what you will believe’ - but for how long we can rely upon this theory? As society grows with modern day technological advancement, people put a lot of probative weight to digital content such as images and videos. … Continue reading The Authenticity Challenge: Addressing the Concern of Producing Deepfake Generated Media as Evidence in Courts

The Nuances of Search and Seizure of Electronic Evidence: What Are the Components Involved?

By Anurag Mohan Bhatnagar and Manvendra Shekhawat Introduction We live in an era in which, almost every crime has an electronic component involved, and be it a computer or mobile phones or even a small SD Card. Mobile phones, laptops, computers can be used for carrying out crime and can further be helpful for investigating … Continue reading The Nuances of Search and Seizure of Electronic Evidence: What Are the Components Involved?

Analysing The Use Of Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Sentencing through the Loomis Decision

By Rishabh Warrier Introduction Modern times have seen our lives being pervaded by algorithms, from suggestions on Netflix to music recommendations. An area where this pervasion is seeing a stark increase is in the domain of criminal sentencing. Prisons in the United States hold more people than any other country across the world. This problem, … Continue reading Analysing The Use Of Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Sentencing through the Loomis Decision

The DNA Technology Regulation Bill, 2019 and its Impact on Marginalised Communities

By Ashima Sharma and Nidhi Pratap Singh The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 ( “Bill”) has been formulated to create a national DNA database for use in criminal investigation and civil matters. DNA technology can be used to ascertain the identity of a person and can be of use in criminal investigation … Continue reading The DNA Technology Regulation Bill, 2019 and its Impact on Marginalised Communities