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VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 (2026)
Reimagining Insider Trading in India: Enforcement Gaps, Retail Losses and Need for Preventive Surveillance Mechanism
Mr. Snehasish Sarkar
Ms. Aditi Mishra
Educational Affiliation : Quantum University, Roorkee
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The insider trading, a sub-sector of securities fraud, is an enormous and structural problem to the honesty, transparency, and equity of financial markets worldwide. The issue of dealing with the intricate insider trading details is quite critical in Indian context where the number of retail investors has experienced an unprecedented and explosive growth in the last decade, to maintain the economic growth and investor trust. This is a critical research paper aimed at analyzing the evolving nature of insider trading in India with the help of a multidisciplinary approach- legal provisions, criminological perspective, economic effects on the retail market participants and the pressing necessity of the advanced technological surveillance system. Even with a hard statutory regime with the assistance of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 2015 and the blanket amendments of 2024 and 2025, there remain serious loopholes in enforcement. The fact that circumstantial evidence is heavily applied and the judicial interpretations are in some ways strict adds to these regulatory loopholes, which have enhanced the evidentiary burdens on the regulator accidentally.
In the meantime, the spread of digital footprints, algorithmic high-frequency trading, and the rise of financial influencers—who are essentially social media influencers—has significantly intensified information asymmetry. This imbalance inflicts severe financial damage on retail participants. This research advocates for a fundamental shift in approach from the current responsive, post-facto prosecution to a proactive, preventive surveillance strategy aimed at bridging the widening gap between substantive law and its enforcement. By conducting a comprehensive comparative analysis of regulations in the United States and the European Union, the paper emphasizes the urgent necessity to adopt the latest RegTech solutions in India and to foster extensive collaboration with the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND)
VOL. 1, ISSUE I (2026)
Reconciling Environmental-Law Principles with the Regulation of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Legal Gaps, Comparative Perspectives, and Policy Proposals with a Special Focus on India
 Ms. Kallam Lakshmi,
Educational Affiliation : Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati
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Ms. Manikanta Mahima Chowdary G,
Educational Affiliation : VIT - AP School of LawÂ
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The rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence (AI), powered by large-scale data centres, industrial GPU clusters, rare-earth-dependent semiconductor manufacturing, and high-capacity electricity networks, has created an environmental footprint that existing Indian environmental laws do not adequately recognise. Although legal and policy debates on AI have centred on data privacy, liability, ethics, safety, and intellectual property, the ecological implications of AI infrastructure, including energy consumption, carbon emissions, water use, and electronic waste, remain largely outside the scope of regulatory scrutiny. This paper argues that these impacts constitute an under-regulated externality that must be addressed through established constitutional and environmental-law doctrines. It further clarifies that many of these harms arise not from AI algorithms themselves but from the broader physical infrastructure, namely data centres, cloud platforms, and hardware supply chains, through which AI systems operate.
Analysing Article 21, Articles 48-A and 51A(g), and leading environmental jurisprudence, the paper demonstrates that Indian constitutional principles already mandate environmental protection and support extending environmental-law oversight to AI systems. The study identifies legal gaps relating to definitional exclusions, lack of carbon-disclosure mandates, absence of EIA norms for data centres, and inadequate lifecycle regulation of AI hardware. Comparative analysis of the EU, US, China, and international soft-law frameworks shows a global shift towards sustainable digital infrastructures, providing useful models for India. The paper concludes with concrete policy proposals specifying thresholds, institutional responsibilities, implementation timelines, and enforcement mechanisms suited to India's constitutional and administrative structure.
VOL. 1, ISSUE I (2026)
Controlled Compliance: Rethinking Corporate Governance in Promoter-Dominated Firms in India
Ms. Shraddha Jain
Educational Affiliation : Chanakya National Law University
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This article examines the structural role of promoter concentration in shaping corporate governance outcomes in India. Moving beyond traditional governance models premised on dispersed ownership, the study argues that promoter dominance constitutes a foundational feature of Indian corporate structures rather than a deviation from them. Through a theoretical and institutional analysis, the article highlights the limitations of conventional frameworks such as agency theory in capturing the dynamics of concentrated ownership, while integrating alternative perspectives, including entrenchment, stewardship, and non-linear models. It further evaluates the effectiveness of the regulatory framework under the Companies Act, 2013, and the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, demonstrating that governance mechanisms often operate within, rather than against, structures of control. The article develops the concept of controlled compliance to explain how governance institutions in promoter-dominated firms retain formal legitimacy while becoming structurally embedded within concentrated ownership arrangements. Unlike entrenchment-based accounts, which emphasise opportunistic extraction, controlled compliance is concerned with the institutional absorption of oversight mechanisms within control structures as a systemic governance feature rather than an exceptional failure. This reframing shifts the analytical emphasis from ownership concentration to the operational autonomy of governance institutions under conditions of concentrated control.
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