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The two different interpretations of Section 24 of Land Acquisition

Act 2013 by two three-judge benches of the Hon’ble Supreme

Court have courted controversial discussions. In the midst of this

entire judicial debate, the clouds of confusion surrounding land

acquisition continue to exist.

Sec 24 of LandAcquisition Act 2013

CUTTING EDGE

47 FOLLOW UPCan A Central Act Struck Down by anyHC Be Binding on other HCs?A critique on whether a judgement wrt striking down a central act

by a HC can be mandatory in terms of applicability, reference etc.

An interesting read through.

55 SPOTLIGHTDhir & Dhir Associates PromotesJayashree Shukla to Partner & Three Sr.Associates to Principal AssociatesA brief on the recent escalations at Dhir & Dhir Associates - a firm

of high repute globally.

65 PHILOSOPHYIntegral Dimension of Law: Law and EthicsProfessor Dr. K. Parameswaran outlines his integral theory of law

in a series of articles by showing how law must integrate

knowledge from other disciplines.

HIRANMAI RALLABANDIExecutive Director & Associate

General Counsel, Legal, Risk &

Compliance – India & South East

Asia, Cushman & Wakefield

AMIT ANANDManager - Legal, Wells Fargo

tête-à-tête

BOARDROOM

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Legal Wrangle ofLand Acquisition:

NARESH ARORAVP – Legal Operations, ATC

Telecom Infrastructure Pvt.Ltd.

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In early February, ITechLaw hostednearly 200 attendees at the 14thannual International Indiaconference in Bangalore, India.The conference focused on theFourth Industrial Revolution andChallenges Ahead for India. It was

an exceptional event praised for the qualityof the speakers and presentations. Oneattendee shared that the conference “hascomprehensive sessions on the intersectionbetween technology and law. Greatnetworking opportunity too.” We express

our deepest thanks to our Global Sponsors:Seyfarth Shaw, and Neiderer Kraft & Frey,and all of our conference sponsors, whocontributed to the success of ourconference.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM SHRI PRIYANKKHARGEThe Honourable Minister for InformationTechnology and Biotechnology gave aninvigorating opening speech for theconference. He discussed how Bangalore isranked second in the world for best startup

ecosystem and how the State Governmentkeeps pushing forward innovation. Heshared plans to create a legal innovationpolicy team and address the ongoingchanges that technology is bringing to ourworld.

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONSThe opening session was moderated by theHonourable Justice BN Srikrishna withpanelists from Facebook, Trilegal, DvaraResearch, The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy,and the Center for Internet and Society, and

events

An Overview of The ITechLawBack in BengaluruAn exclusive coverage as the Official Magazine Partner

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discussed all issues surrounding dataprotection. The conference continued withsessions focused on Artificial Intelligence,Cloud Computing, IP, Startups, and NewMedia. 12 out of the 13 panels had femaleand male representation and all sessionswere presented a diversity of speakers fromlaw firms, policy centers, think-tanks, andgovernment representatives.

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH IN-HOUSE COUNSEL Moderated by Sajai Singh, J SagarAssociates, this session gave an inside lookat the lives of four different generalcounsel. From the agility and flexibilityneeded to budget management and teamissues, this session covered all attendeeswanted to know about In-House Counsel.Overall, more than 29% of attendees wereIn-House Counsel; one of the largestrepresentations ever at an ITechLawConference

SUBSTANTIVE LAW COMMITTEE MEETINGS Six of the eight Substantive LawCommittees met on the day preceding theconference to discuss current matters inCyber Crime, Interactive Entertainment, E-Commerce, Dispute Resolution, DataProtection, and Startups. Two meetingsfeatured local speakers: Nitin Narkhede,Founder of MinersINC and Jay Maroli,Senior Corporate Counsel at Amazon’sKindle & Digital Media division.

I-WIN COMMITTEE MEETING WITH GUESTSPEAKERSLaila Ollapally, Founder of the Centre forAdvanced Mediation Practice and AditiChopra, In-House Counsel at Microsoft,shared their wisdom with attendees in theITechLaw Women’s International Network(I-WIN meeting). After both sets of remarks,attendees asked presenters questions about

balancing personal life with work and howto address common challenges in behaviorand/or perception.

NETWORKINGOne strength of an ITechLaw conference isthe networking that occurs betweenattendees. These informal conversationslead to business partnerships, referrals, anddeep knowledge sharing. 60% of attendeescited networking opportunities as one ofthe top three reasons to attend theconference.

HigHligHts of tHe post

conference survey:

*100% of attendees found the conference tobe a good use of their time**100% of attendees would recommend theIndia conference to a colleague w

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