Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill 2021

The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care, and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021 will be given to the cabinet for approval before being presented in Parliament. It has broadened the scope of human trafficking offences as well as the types of victims, imposing harsh penalties such as life imprisonment and even death sentence in extreme situations. The recommendationsRead More

Petition Questioning Constitutional Validity of New IT Rules Filed

A petition was filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 claiming that the new IT Rules violate the law, citing Article 14 (equality before the law), Articles 19 (1) (a) (to freedom of speech and expression), and 19Read More

Section 124A IPC: Supreme Court to hear Petition on JULY 27

Kirechandra Wangkhemcha and Kanhaiyalal Shukla, two journalists from Manipur and Chhattisgarh, filed writ petitions at the Supreme Court requesting the court for a writ, order, or direction ordering Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, to be ruled unconstitutional and void. Counsel representing the two petitioners submitted to the Supreme Court that its decisionRead More

Supreme Court Bar Association Urges Chief Justice of India N.V Ramana to Resume Physical Hearings

Supreme Court Bar Association wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India N.V Ramana saying that the current situation of Covid-19 is normal and there were a lot of cases pending in Delhi, so The SCBA requested and wrote a letter to CJI to start the physical hearings of SC following strict rules withRead More

Deal the Fees Issue With Parents, Not With Student’s Future: Bombay HC

Bombay HC, recently came through public interest litigation with the comprising bench of Dipankar Datta and justice GS Kulkarni, asking for the private schools to deal with the fees issues directly with the parents instead of debarring the students from attending the online classes and turning it into the legal battle. In this current pandemicRead More

New Public Buildings Should be Constructed Disabled-Friendly: Madras HC

On Monday Madras HC passed an order based on no new public buildings should be constructed without being disabled-friendly. The buildings should be able to access by persons with disabilities. The court observed that whether public buildings and including court has a facility to be accessed by persons with disabilities. And the toilets must alsoRead More

Non-Business Profit/Loss Can be Carried Forward: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court ruling has drawn attention to companies that may pass on profits or losses from “non-business income” or from non-essential activities. The latest ruling stated that if a company classifies a certain amount as “other business income” when paying taxes or preparing financial statements, that amount can be used to carry overRead More