At the Environment Support Group’s anniversary event, Justice Dutt encourages legal involvement in protecting the environment. Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav acknowledged the importance of strategic legal interventions for protecting the environment. Addressing the issue of privatization of lakes at ESG’s discussion, he said that it is important that courts of law are available for environmental […]
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Around 60 protestors were booked by the police while they were protesting the widening of the Sankey Tank Road. However, lawyers say that it is infringing on the rights of people to peacefully protest. The police is ready to file charge sheets against those who protested on February 19 against BBMP’s plan to widen the […]
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The Factories Bill, 2023 seeks to increase maximum shift hours from 9 hours to 12 hours while increasing overtime hours. All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and other prominent unions across Karnataka are planning to set up a series of protests in the coming months to oppose the Factories […]
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Many MSME entrepreneurs in the city do not apply for IPR protection due to high attorney fees etc. The new revision of the scheme will reimburse the amount taken to process the IP. Under the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) scheme of the Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprises (MSME), companies can receive a reimbursement of […]
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Workers in the unorganised sector like the ones affiliated with online platforms are at the mercy of their employers. The unorganised workers do not have a framework to take any legal action if they are treated unfairly by the companies. Most employees resort to strikes in order to get their demands met. Dathathreya Raju, National […]
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Despite being struck down by the Supreme Court of India, Section 66A is still used to file cases. Cases are still filed under Section 66A in Bengaluru even though this section of the Information Technology (IT) Act was struck down in 2015. A tracker by a non-government organisation (NGO) shows Karnataka has reported 10 cases […]
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Trespassing is the biggest issue; government’s plan to replace level crossings is still in the pipeline. Bengaluru has witnessed an increase in accidental deaths on railway tracks in the last three years with trespassing being one of the biggest reasons for them. In 2020, the number stood at 115, in 2021, it rose to 173 […]
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The controversial ordinance will stay in effect till the next assembly session. By Souptik Dutta, Mrunmayee Kulkarni, and Supriya Mehta The Karnataka cabinet has enacted the controversial anti-conversion law through an ordinance on Thursday. The bill was passed by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in December 2021. However, the government could not pass the bill in the Legislative […]
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A larger Supreme Court bench is likely to hear the matter. A two-judge bench hearing the case for criminalizing marital rape passed a split verdict, keeping marital rape as an exception to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The division bench consisted of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar. The […]
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Until the review of the Section 124A of Indian Penal Code is complete, the Supreme Court (SC) has asked centre and states not to exercise any provision of the law. The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed an order to pause the usage of the sedition law. The states and central government are not to register […]
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