Law

Hit-and-run law: Why bus & truck operators went on a strike?

03 Jan 2024

Protests by transporters and auto drivers are erupting opposing the proposed tightening of Section 104 in recent legislative changes. Truck, bus and tanker drivers are on a three-day strike to protest against the stringent jail and fine regulations under the newly-launched Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) for hit-and-run cases. Each year,...

Parliament Security Breach: Delhi HC stays order to provide FIR copy to accused

23 Dec 2023

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the trial Court’s order which directed the city police to provide a copy of the FIR to one of the accused in the Parliament security breach case. A bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also issued a notice to the accused Neelam Devi...

Refusal of Physical intimacy now considered cruelty under Hindu marriage act : K’taka HC

21 Jun 2023

According to the Karnataka High Court, the absence of a physical relationship after marriage constitutes cruelty under section 12(1)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act rather than under section 498A of the IPC because the marriage has not been consummated. The court's decision comes as it throws out a case alleging...

‘Delhi’s Law system has worsened over past year’: Saurabh Bharadwaj on RK Puram murder

18 Jun 2023

The health minister and AAP politician Saurabh Bharadwaj criticised the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on Sunday after two women were shot in Delhi's RK Puram. He said that the law and order situation in Delhi has gotten worse over the previous 12 months. Two women were killed earlier today at...

UK ex-PM Boris Johnson faces new Covid law breach claims

24 May 2023

Boris Johnson, who was forced to resign as British prime minister last year in the wake of controversies including the partygate scandal of COVID law-breaking parties at Downing Street, has been referred to police over new claims that he may have breached pandemic lockdown rules. While Johnson has dismissed the...

Human Rights in international investment arbitration – a conceptual analysis

17 May 2023

In the recent era investment related disputes are increasing day by day and human right laws are increasingly being more and more relevant is such disputes, but is it relevant? Over the past years, tribunals have given more or less no to less attention when it comes to human rights...

Amit Shah Introduces clear and concise Law Drafting training curriculum

15 May 2023

Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, stressed the need to draw a "simple and clear law" on Monday when he opened a training workshop on legislative drafting in the nation's capital.Shah made a point of urging the attendees during his address to execute a "simple and clear act" in order to...

After Imran Khan’s arrest, the army was stationed in Punjab, Pakistan

10 May 2023

Following protests sparked by the detention of the nation's former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, army forces have been sent to Pakistan's Punjab province to keep the peace, according to Dawn. "Federal Government, in the exercise of the powers conferred under Article 245 of the Constitution and Section 4...

U.K. Government to scrap EU-derived laws, opposition parties raise objection

18 Jan 2023

The British government is facing flak from the opposition and Conservative MPs over their plans to scrap EU-era laws copied over to UK law after Brexit. Unless specifically kept or replaced, much of the legislation will automatically expire after December. It has raised worries that significant laws would unintentionally expire....

Rajasthan govt likely to pass law to protect gig workers’ rights

28 Dec 2022

In a first for the nation, senior officials familiar with the plans said on Tuesday that the Rajasthan government is likely to propose a law during the state assembly's budget session in January of next year to protect the rights of gig workers and make them eligible for various state...

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