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In a recent judgment delivered on February 19, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (���UK�۝) in Uber BV and Others vs Aslam and Others[1], upheld the judgment passed by the Employment Tribunal and held that drivers engaged by Uber were ���workers�۝ within the definition and not independent, third party contractors. The aforesaid judgment has significant implications upon the precarious treatment of gig workers, which may also have a bearing on treatment of such workers in India.

The Employee stock option plan (���ESOP�۝) is a scheme or plan that provides an option/ right to the directors, officers or employees of a company or of its holding company or subsidiary company to purchase or to subscribe to the shares of the company at a future date at a pre-determined price.

The Electricity Act, 2003 (���Act�۝) is the extant legislation that consolidates the legal framework governing the Indian energy sector. It provides the overarching legal regime with regard to generation, transmission, distribution, trading, use of electricity, along with other general measures for development of the electricity industry such as promoting competition and rationalising electricity tariff.

This article examines the right of a minor to (a) object to sale of his/her share in the joint family property, and (b) get the sale made in favour of a third party purchaser declared void.�� �� ��