Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): Summer Issue

With the aim of encouraging research temperament among young minds and promoting quality research in the field of law, Prayagraj Law Review was established. Today we proudly and gladly publish this Fourth Issue titled Summer Issue: VOL 2 ISSUE 2 (2024).

After extensive and rigorous review process followed by our esteemed reviewers through double blind peer review process, out of huge quantity of submissions, 5 submissions were able to make their way to final publication categorised under Articles and Short Articles.

First Article titled A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELATING TO CYBERSQUATTING IN INDIA authored by Dr. Anis Ahmad and Nikki Kumar addresses the lack of specific legislation to tackle cybersquatting matters, how the courts apply the various approaches as well as the common law principle of the trademark to resolve the disputes. They also critically analyze the international and national legal and policy frameworks related to cybersquatting.

Second Article A PRISON WITHOUT BARS, CHAINS, OR LOCKS: SHOULD INDIA ADOPT FINLAND'S OPEN PRISONS MODEL? authored by CHETNA ANJUM tries to bring out the contrast between the Indian and Finnish Open Prisons as Finland is the perfect example to study the implementation of reformative justice in prison administration. Author has also critically discussed the conditions of the open prison system in India and tried to suggest measures to augment conditions just like the Finnish Open Prisons

Third Article titled LEGAL EDUCATION IN INDIA: ISSUES AND CONCERNS authored by Dr Sanjeev Singh  uses doctrinal approach to gain a proper understanding of current issues and concerns in legal education in India at higher education. Furthermore, it also examines recent legal education reforms in the light of New Education Policy, 2020 along with  various issues and concerns in legal education in India.

In the category of Short Articles, First Short Article titled DEMYSTIFYING THE DOCTRINE OF BASIC STRUCTURE authored by Subodhika Sharma examines the various elements that constitute the Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution, including the supremacy of the Constitution, the rule of law, democracy, secularism, federalism, and the protection of fundamental rights.

Second Short Article titled HORIZONTAL RESERVATION FOR TRANSGENDERS: JOURNEY FROM NALSA V. UOI TO DISMISSAL OF GRACE BANU’S PETITION authored by Prachi Kumari discusses the rightfulness of demand of honrizontal reservation by Transgenders